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wnylib

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49. Isn't the entire structure of the RC Church misogynistic?
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 11:17 PM
Sep 2024

Also, their willingness to hide and protect the crime of raping children, leaving priests free to continue raping them, removes them from any moral authority on sexuality and reproduction.

The RC Concordat with Nazi Germany was appeasement that enabled the Nazi atrocities. But, at least there were members of the RC Church who had more courage than their leaders. Several nuns, priests, and RC lay persons risked their lives to shelter people who were targeted by Nazis or to smuggle them out to safe places with false IDs.





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As if being forced to carry and raise an unwanted child is somehow virtuous, Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #1
The Church took me from my mother and trafficked me ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #2
I'm so sorry that happened to you AkDem1... Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #3
To quote Jerry Garcia, what a long, strange trip it's been ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #6
I hope you can find your natal family. Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #8
My gosh! That is horrible. Karma13612 Sep 2024 #15
Thank you. I should go to the Basque gathering in Boise ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #25
Have you tried having a DNA test through someplace like Ancestry.com? wnylib Sep 2024 #54
I got an Ancestry kit from my wife for my birthday ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #57
Have you tried contacting the 3rd cousin? wnylib Sep 2024 #62
I dont even have a real name for the father ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #127
Good luck. I hope you get some helpful results. wnylib Sep 2024 #134
you might be able to triangulate relatives. carpetbagger Sep 2024 #133
Thank you. I wish I had more names to look at ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #155
The journey could be very Karma13612 Sep 2024 #89
ArkansasDem, I am so sorry this happened to you! Have you ever seen the TV show "Long Lost Family"? It's on TLC LaMouffette Sep 2024 #154
Thank you 😊 ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #156
This message was self-deleted by its author wnylib Sep 2024 #43
Isn't the entire structure of the RC Church misogynistic? wnylib Sep 2024 #49
Yes, they protect and promote patriarchy with devotional fervor. Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #50
Just another pedo talking smack... ask him about this pedo priests NotHardly Sep 2024 #103
As one of the lesser evil Popes, I am sure someone must care what he thinks. nt Gore1FL Sep 2024 #4
Bring back Julius II Nasruddin Sep 2024 #27
My vote goes to Innocent III, but there are so many good candidates... malthaussen Sep 2024 #101
you mean a lesser Pope who is also evil? Or a Pope who is less evil? LymphocyteLover Sep 2024 #115
I think he is less evil than many. Gore1FL Sep 2024 #120
yes, that is my impression too... I'm not Catholic either LymphocyteLover Sep 2024 #121
Same here. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #138
he was the German one? With some faint connection to Nazis? LymphocyteLover Sep 2024 #150
Yes. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #158
The Pope Has A Lot Of Nerve OhioTim Sep 2024 #5
Shhhh... Sexually harrassing and abusing young boys is... Justice matters. Sep 2024 #47
It is odd, we say religious leaders should not endorse candidates sarisataka Sep 2024 #7
It's not the fact that they're not endorsing Harris that angers us. yourout Sep 2024 #77
According to Catholic doctrine abortion is evil sarisataka Sep 2024 #102
As a point of fact ... krkaufman Sep 2024 #112
How so? niyad Sep 2024 #94
The SOP for LBN requires sarisataka Sep 2024 #98
This seems a biased response krkaufman Sep 2024 #110
This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Sep 2024 #139
Per LBN SOP sarisataka Sep 2024 #140
The catholic church is evil JI7 Sep 2024 #9
So vote for Harris. If you are female and don't want an abortion, don't get one. Freethinker65 Sep 2024 #10
Yes, the "Pro-Life" label is bulls**t krkaufman Sep 2024 #113
Old guy... 2naSalit Sep 2024 #11
Child rapists wearing dresses....... AZ8theist Sep 2024 #38
Somebody evidently asked him for his opinion. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #141
And the best answer... 2naSalit Sep 2024 #142
LOL Skittles Sep 2024 #12
Meddling In America's Election Is Not The Pope's Business DallasNE Sep 2024 #13
I doubt he would have piped up if someone hadn't asked for his opinion. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #144
I'm saddened by this equivocation. Karma13612 Sep 2024 #14
No ... and you're not helping FakeNoose Sep 2024 #16
OMG the pipe needs to keep his opinion to himself onetexan Sep 2024 #17
Nothing in the Bible says anything against abortion. slightlv Sep 2024 #18
Conversly, it can be argued that God ORDERED abortions in several verses.... AZ8theist Sep 2024 #39
Numbers 5:11 is where it gives directions ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #59
Exactly.... AZ8theist Sep 2024 #61
Spoken like the pedophile-protecting person that he is. Scalded Nun Sep 2024 #19
....the Church would not oppose.. thomski64 Sep 2024 #40
Tell us more Bronze Age fairy tales, weirdo Mysterian Sep 2024 #20
I'm sick of religious nuts sticking their nose FoxNewsSucks Sep 2024 #21
The Pope. So what damifino10 Sep 2024 #22
Irrelevant Old Man Seeks Attention tonekat Sep 2024 #125
Seeking attention? ShazzieB Sep 2024 #145
This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Sep 2024 #23
Is that kinda like a priest that sexually abuses alter boys vs one that doesn't? PortTack Sep 2024 #24
At this point, I really don't care what the pope says tornado34jh Sep 2024 #26
Didn't the Catholic Church... orwell Sep 2024 #28
They sheltered Nazis fleeing justice after WW2 ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #33
As did the US. speak easy Sep 2024 #46
"Our Nazis are better than their Nazis". -- the right stuff ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #58
"entity claiming to be a moral force for good " speak easy Sep 2024 #65
Yes Cirsium Sep 2024 #106
The Vatican also directly supported the Ustae. Lucky Luciano Sep 2024 #73
Do remember though that Protestant Germans were more pro-Nazi. carpetbagger Sep 2024 #131
The Catholic Church has been an international criminal racket for many centuries Orrex Sep 2024 #29
Reicht wing talking points. onecaliberal Sep 2024 #30
Francis exhibits his ignorance of American politics and law. J_William_Ryan Sep 2024 #31
... Says the guy who leads a massive org full of child molesters kysrsoze Sep 2024 #32
I'll never darken their doors again ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #35
I quit 5 decades ago when I turned 18 SCantiGOP Sep 2024 #51
I missed watching Dr Who which was only broadcast by PBS on Sunday morning ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #60
It's not as if we're voting for a woman pope for Christ's sake. dem4decades Sep 2024 #34
God is supposed to give humans Pototan Sep 2024 #36
This makes sense to me. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #146
He's still a thing? Javaman Sep 2024 #37
Not everyone's. niyad Sep 2024 #96
Shut up, frankie. niyad Sep 2024 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2024 #42
In my lifetime Figarosmom Sep 2024 #44
When I was born heckles65 Sep 2024 #45
Hmmm ... BlueWavePsych Sep 2024 #48
Exactly. niyad Sep 2024 #55
Yep musclecar6 Sep 2024 #76
Good summation! ShazzieB Sep 2024 #147
Global Pedo Network CEO says what? RockRaven Sep 2024 #52
So who's the lesser of two evils in his mind? Self Esteem Sep 2024 #53
Abortion? or Magdalene laundries? Which is the bigger "against life", frankie? niyad Sep 2024 #56
What about the life of the woman??? poli-junkie Sep 2024 #63
Yes. Remember the scene in "The Cardinal" where his sister is in labor, niyad Sep 2024 #95
He's helping TSF at the ballot box. KS Toronado Sep 2024 #64
Pretend God's pretend leader of a pretend religion pretends that his opinion is helpful in some pretentious way. Demnation Sep 2024 #66
The only thing I'll take from the Vatican is its vast amount of art. CTyankee Sep 2024 #67
If it's stated that way, as a referendum on evil EYESORE 9001 Sep 2024 #68
The Pope needs to sit this one out. SallyHemmings Sep 2024 #69
The pope needs to sit them all out. yourout Sep 2024 #79
Hey Francis rambler_american Sep 2024 #70
Go away, silly pope man. mwb970 Sep 2024 #71
Adultery was indeed a valid exception for abortion. Shermann Sep 2024 #72
The high holy Poop speaks RT_Fanatic Sep 2024 #74
I call the choice between Catholism and any other belief system... LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2024 #75
Religion. twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #78
Another religious cult nwduke Sep 2024 #80
This message was self-deleted by its author ificandream Sep 2024 #81
I've Got No Time For Holy Rollers... MayReasonRule Sep 2024 #82
This is disappointing, coming from a pope who I have admired through the years. NH Ethylene Sep 2024 #83
Look, I don't listen to the pope LittleGirl Sep 2024 #84
Kills children? I don't recall Harris doing that. cstanleytech Sep 2024 #85
That's Catholic theology for you. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #148
So the Roman Church is saying that women can't be trusted to Taraman Sep 2024 #86
Growing up among Catholics and having gone to Catholic schools ... ificandream Sep 2024 #87
As it was explained to me in Catholic College: BarbD Sep 2024 #117
How about a religious cult known for pedophiles ... their leader speaks NotHardly Sep 2024 #88
as a "cradle Catholic" all I have to say... robleb Sep 2024 #90
Trump is evil, Harris is not IronLionZion Sep 2024 #91
Softened and without vulgarity that comes to mind... Trust_Reality Sep 2024 #92
All "holy men" are full of shit, by definition. N/T swag Sep 2024 #93
glass houses poozwah Sep 2024 #97
Thanks for your input, asshole. malthaussen Sep 2024 #99
"Lighten up Francis." SalamanderSleeps Sep 2024 #100
fuck off you child abuse covering up motherfucker pope ZonkerHarris Sep 2024 #104
My reply about the Catholic church respecting women on Twitter: efhmc Sep 2024 #105
"kills children" FUCK YOU FRANCIS. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2024 #107
Francis gets more credit than he deserves ... from climate change to this issue krkaufman Sep 2024 #108
This EXACTLY why joewicker_TX Sep 2024 #109
Actually this represents an improvement Chrysanthemum Sep 2024 #111
Good point! ShazzieB Sep 2024 #149
Francis and his church can go fuck themselves!!! atreides1 Sep 2024 #114
Isn't this the Pope who invited Bernie MadameButterfly Sep 2024 #116
Lighten up, Francis. Turbineguy Sep 2024 #118
In my small Texas town there is a thriving Catholic church. The priest there says "from the pulpit" efhmc Sep 2024 #119
Dear Pope relayerbob Sep 2024 #122
My favorite pope of all time proves that he is still just a pope. Intractable Sep 2024 #123
I guess the ol' Pontiff got a bit thirsty for the Both Cider Montauk6 Sep 2024 #124
Okay - but he and his cult are greater evils. polichick Sep 2024 #126
Excuse me, but who asked him? Grins Sep 2024 #128
That sanctimonious toad... GiqueCee Sep 2024 #129
Atheist or Catholic. Which is the lesser of two evils and it isn't Catholic? twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #130
Ha! ... beat me to it! sarchasm Sep 2024 #132
Catholics are evil? sarisataka Sep 2024 #137
I don't think so but the pope does. twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #151
Catholic church 4catsmom Sep 2024 #135
Fuck Francis if he cares more about the possibility of a fetus being delivered than the mother surviving the birth. Martin68 Sep 2024 #136
The Pope can only reflect the values of his faith. Aussie105 Sep 2024 #143
It isn't a straight choice between two things. What about dictatorship vs freedom? Left to die vs healthcare? Doodley Sep 2024 #152
The pope is an ass to say that PJMcK Sep 2024 #153
Does it not occur to Mr. Pope that there would be fewer unplanned pregnancies if Kashkakat v.2.0 Sep 2024 #157
Who asked him? milestogo Sep 2024 #159
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