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@TheModerateCase Yes. I adored JP2. I despised Francis. I'm lukewarm on Leo. The doctrine of the Faith is not debatable; the tenets laid out in the Catechism are infallible. The Church has been infiltrated by clergy who are not faithful to Church doctrine. We're obligated to oppose the heretics.

Question for Catholics: Can one be a Catholic and not like the Pope and disagree with his statements and views on religion and or politics? If so, why? If not, why? I have seen tons of Catholics taking both sides on this. I am genuinely curious.

@Vitus_osst Catholics can disagree with the Pope. Not on doctrine, but on their political views. Especially when they are openly Marxist (as was Bergoglio), or from orders (like the Jesuits) that have been compromised by subservise homosexuals who openly defy Catholic teaching.

You can't be a Catholic and stand against the Pope.

@AllenBr69052819 @strikezcoal1 @LibertyCappy Jesus Christ founded a visible, hierarchical, apostolic Church with Peter at its visible head, the apostles as its foundation (cf. Eph 2:20; Rev 21:14), and the Holy Spirit as its soul. The Catholic Church is that Church today, continuously existing through apostolic succession.

@strikezcoal1 @ThinkDistilled @LibertyCappy Constantine integrated the old roman pagan practices.

Trump keeps mocking Christians. Trump has not accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He has said so many times. Trump is destined for hell. May he repent of his wickedness before he dies.

@AllenBr69052819 @strikezcoal1 @LibertyCappy Constantine didn’t invent Catholicism — he legalized it (Edict of Milan 313) and called Nicaea to defend the faith. There were ~30 popes before he was even born. Jesus founded the Church (singular) — One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, not a denomination. It’s still here!

@ThinkDistilled @strikezcoal1 @LibertyCappy No, it wasn't. Jesus never started a denomination. He wasn't establishing a huge church. Constantine was the start of Catholicism, integrating the old Roman pagan practices.

@strikezcoal1 @LibertyCappy The Catholic Church was literally founded by Christ Himself. It is the numerator from which all Christian denominations are derived. Claiming that Catholics are not Christian only shows how truly ignorant you are.

@LibertyCappy He’s mocking the pope. Catholics are not Christians, and they regularly criticize Protestants as heretics, when in reality they’re a borderline cult. Don’t get the wires crossed.

@LibertyCappy Because we are in the middle of spiritual warfare, the demonic hates innocence and beauty. When you see something like this, know Satan himself is rejoicing.

Why do women do this?

@KR3Wmatic Watch the Ben Stein documentary about the efforts to hide scientific investigation into intelligent design. It's a great way to open the door to a deeper conversation. youtu.be/V5EPymcWp-g?si…

My atheist daughter asked me to prove God's existence. What do I tell her? She is 19.

@bagus_blasius @GINGlVAE No, he’s not. You don't hate Trump; you hate the caricature of Trump that’s been fed to you by corrupt people whom he threatens. He doesn't need their money; he's willing to end their corruption and take away their power. That’s why they have to destroy him. Stop being a sheep!

@ThinkDistilled @GINGlVAE I'm sorry. Trump is the last thing I would imagine a Christian. He is terrible.

you literally cannot be Catholic and support MAGA. i have never seen a group more religiously blasphemous.

@boonesghost @DrDickQueso @GINGlVAE You're missing the point. Those predatory homosexuals were evil men who infiltrated the priesthood. NONE of them followed Church teaching. They HATE the Church. Catholics hate them more than anyone. You now equate their evil acts with Catholicism, which was their goal all along.

@ThinkDistilled @DrDickQueso @GINGlVAE Yes they did. And last time I checked a priest IS a representative of the church.

@isaacrrr7 I wish it were 50 buses instead of one car.

Un conductor de un vehículo en Suiza atropelló a una multitud pro-Hamás que bloqueaba la carretera. ¿Qué opinas?

@DrDickQueso @GINGlVAE No, they didn't. Homosexuals who infiltrated the Church preyed on young boys. They do not represent the Church; they were actively trying to destroy it from within. They are a subversive, demonic cult. The harm they caused and the lives they destroyed are unforgivable.

@GINGlVAE Catholics raped hundred of thousands of boys.

@realCarola2Hope Note that Vatican City isn't filled with violent criminal freeloading Muslims from North Africa. And the Pope condemns those of us who see Europe and the US being overwhelmed by third-world “refugees,” yet he has nothing to say to Muslim nations refusing to take in “refugees.”

Pope Leo XIV is not ‘woke’, nor a Marxist, nor a progressive, nor a leftist. The Pope is simply a Christian. When he defends the poor and the innocent, he is following the Gospel. When he denounces injustice, he is imitating Christ. When he speaks for the poor, he is repeating word for word the Sermon on the Mount. Those who are angry at him are not fighting with Pope Leo XIV. They are fighting with Christ. Because it was Jesus who said: ‘Whatever you did for the least of my brothers, you did for me.’ Rejecting the Pope for being merciful is not something a Christian does. The problem is not that Leo XIV has strayed from Christ. The problem is that some have strayed so far from the Gospel that they no longer recognize it when they see it.

@JoshuaTCharles You're deliberately misrepresenting the argument to falsely portray a core Marxist principle (i.e., using government power to confiscate and redistribute private property) as consistent with Church teaching. Your disgusting lies are shameful and gross.

If Pope Leo XIV is a “Marxist” for his comments on wealth and the care we owe to the poor, then the Church Fathers are hyper-Marxists. Of course, they were not, and much of this is just evidence of how deeply corrupted by mammon our apostate society has become.

@RorateCaeli No one is pro-war. True moral courage is to acknowledge that we (the Judeo-Christian West) are at war with Islamism. Anyone spewing platitudes about “peace” to virtue signal their suicidal benevolence is a fool and a coward.

God knows, and so do most Catholics, that there are plenty of things to criticize in the Vatican: being in favor of peace and against stupid wars is not one of them.

@dlongenecker1 Suicidal empathy doesn't make you morally superior. It means you take the safety and comfort you've been born into for granted and don't realize how fragile it is. You're out of touch with reality, and your ignorance makes you a threat to Western civilization.

Pope speaks out against war and in favor of helping the poor and Christian American right wingers throw stones. I'm standing with the Pope.

@Mayoveli Surrendering the West to Islam isn't peace. Christ himself said he didn't come to bring peace, but to divide those who reject truth. Luke 12:51

You’re a Catholic telling the Pope to stay in his lane because he’s advocating for peace? At this point, many of you would probably choose Trump over Jesus himself. It reminds me of that saying that if Jesus Christ were to return today, many modern Christians would be the very ones to crucify him again.

@Pontifex You're a disgrace to JP2’s legacy and, like Bergoglio, a heretical Marxist. St. Michael, defend our Church from the enemies within.

Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things. There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.

@ga_devitto We've had bad Popes before. We will survive. The only tragedy here is that weak, arrogant fools like Leo, who believe there is a peaceful, diplomatic way to deal with maniacal Islamists, will benefit from the steps Trump has taken to kill the murderous Iranian leadership.

Perhaps neocons will understand it with this example: if we were in the Middle Ages, the Pope would have already excommunicated the entire Trump administration and called for a Crusade against Israel for the harm it is causing to local Christian communities and pilgrims in the Holy Places. So, be glad we are in a peaceful era in which the Pope only advocates for peace and diplomacy.

@realKarras I'm loyal to the Church, not the velvet mafia at war with the Church.

This should go without saying, but every American Catholic needs to get it into their head that their loyalty is to the Catholic Church over Donald Trump. There can be no ambiguity on this.