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tornado34jh

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13. Okay, you got me on this one. I thought this was real.
Wed May 7, 2025, 09:02 AM
May 2025

However, with everything going on, l don't know what to believe. I was somewhat cynical of the world a decade ago, now I am even more so. Look, I am not a religious person and the Catholic Church has some serious cover-ups and all that, but the fact that Trump thinks he is some pope when he probably has never once been to church, never mind a Catholic one, is beyond arrogant.

From what I read looking it up, in addition to being a practicing Catholic and being male, most times to be pope you need a doctorate in Theology, and that takes a very long time to achieve. There also typically a progression, from seminary education, priest, bishop, and then cardinal. Once you reach cardinal, you are eligible to be pope, but you have to be voted in to do so. Remember, you are going before 1.41 billion people, and they are expecting that you know what are you are doing. He is an angry man that would be laughed out of the Vatican before he even stood there.

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