Pope Leo XIV’s post-operation recovery is proceeding as expected after a “successful” surgery to remove part of his right lung which was found to have a cancerous growth, according to the Vatican.
This pope doesn’t live the lifestyle you suggest he lives. Two sets of clothes, austere meals, a simple bed, a desk, and not much else. Even his travels are for the good of others, as there’s not much to enjoy by those experiences for him. He may set the tone for many Catholics across the globe, but that’s the extent. He constantly pleas for an end to genocide in the Middle East. He shames the US president for having the wrong priorities. And he asks us to take care of our neighbors. You would think most people on this platform would like the guy. He has flaws, but so do all of us.
He’s also spotty on other social issues, namely queer rights and abortion. He, like his precedessor, is a complicated figure in a lot of ways. Mind you by the standard of popes they’re fucking saints, but that’s because several popes prior had been pretty damn bad in several areas, especially defending child molestation, residential schools in North America, and the laundries in Ireland.
He’s a pretty good pope, I hope he can get his organization to stop fighting against my rights in my country.
This pope doesn’t live the lifestyle you suggest he lives. Two sets of clothes, austere meals, a simple bed, a desk, and not much else. Even his travels are for the good of others, as there’s not much to enjoy by those experiences for him. He may set the tone for many Catholics across the globe, but that’s the extent. He constantly pleas for an end to genocide in the Middle East. He shames the US president for having the wrong priorities. And he asks us to take care of our neighbors. You would think most people on this platform would like the guy. He has flaws, but so do all of us.
He’s also spotty on other social issues, namely queer rights and abortion. He, like his precedessor, is a complicated figure in a lot of ways. Mind you by the standard of popes they’re fucking saints, but that’s because several popes prior had been pretty damn bad in several areas, especially defending child molestation, residential schools in North America, and the laundries in Ireland.
He’s a pretty good pope, I hope he can get his organization to stop fighting against my rights in my country.
He’s more progressive on queer rights and abortion than a standard US Catholic so I’ll have to take what I can get.
I honestly don’t really care about the pope because my disdain for the catholic church runs too deep already.
Also, happy cakeday :)