Yeah, I work in a field where I see this sometimes. One of the worst case scenarios is when someone has children from a previous relationship and then a relatively recent spouse. Most people in that situation would prefer that the children get the bulk of the estate or that there’s a division between the spouse and…

Tattoo artist here!

This is a tale of a deservedly fucked up tattoo told to me by the artist who gave me my last one:

OMG NEVR. My friend works at a piercing shop and they are the best! And she really wanted to pierce my nipples but the min she told me that the healing process takes about a year I was like NOPE. But this is too cute to pass up. ugh.

It was always forgivable, but you had to go to a SuperPriest (a Bishop or something). What he’s doing is he’s delegating to all priests everywhere the power to forgive this sin. There’s a special Year of Mercy thing coming up or something.

Not if you actually don’t believe, as Hitler didn’t. I was raised Catholic and I’m sure as hell not a Catholic, because I have no faith in Christ, God, the idea of Salvation, or the power of the Church. On the other hand, I have a sister who basically will go to church only for a wedding or a funeral, so she’s…

Serious answer: Excommunication is, at heart, a juridic measure. It’s imposed by men on men. It can even be imposed mistakenly (or maliciously). It denies the graces of the sacraments to the excommunicate, and it is normally only imposed on those who have publicly and unrepentently committed a mortal sin, but it does…

I’m not comparing Catholic deaths to the amount of Jewish lives taken in any way. It was a mass genocide and while other people were persecuted (gays, gypsies, Catholics etc) the amount of deaths in other groups or religions was nowhere near the devastating loss of lives in the Jewish community.

He/She didn’t compare Catholic deaths to Jewish deaths. He just said that Hitler was extremely anti-Catholic and sought to exterminate Catholicism. Both facts are true. The second is actually a bit iffy since he wanted to destroy all Christianity, but it’s still true. The “same side” comment was way out of line, but…

A 2000-year-old institution with over a billion members takes a long-ass time to change. Change is happening faster now than it ever has in its history.

The thing you have to remember is that women who are Catholic already feel guilty and feel that they have sinned if they have an abortion. The idea of absolving is that you are told that everything is going to be okay. You aren’t a bad a person, you can still get into heaven. You are forgiven. To use a secular…

so you’re suggesting we hide our sexuality/sexual attraction to Michael Fassbender because it makes us look stupid? Isn’t that kind of anti-feminist?

His biggest change is his *rhetoric.* But when you’re as powerful as the pope, when billions listen to what you say, changes only in rhetoric can still cause real, meaningful change in the world.

Story time:

I also tried to explain the realities of excommunication but I don't get the sense anyone is interested. Instead this right-wing anti-catholic talking point is being taken as fact.

And let’s just ignore the 3 million Catholics killed in the Holocaust?

He’s super dead. I’m happy and far away from the majority of them. GranFanda went into assisted living last fall after her Parkinsons got unmanageable. The meds make her forget, so she’s ok, too.

My father died while I was overseas and it took me some time until I could bring myself to take charge of his ashes. When I did, my uncle wanted to split his ashes. We are an easy-going family, so we poured half my dad’s ashes into a ziplock bag and I went back to my mom’s home in another state. I tired to get a new…

Holy Mother of Dog — where to start? I am from the south.

Unfortunately this story stars me.