Spyke
lemmy.world

There is or was one from the Philippines named Cardinal Sin.

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Avicennareply
lemmy.world

this requires its own tv series, with guns, lots of guns

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ayyyreply
sh.itjust.works

I don’t care what your evening plans were previously, your new task is to watch VelociPastor, I promise it is worth your time.

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Nog00dreply
lemmy.world

I must first know his position on pineapple

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Hey, taking the Lord's Name in vain is blasphemy. Taking little Jimmy in the confessional? Grey area.

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his position on pineapple

He goes on the pineapple, spiky part first - the needle-like pokes feel great on the ol' pizzaballs

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lemmy.ca

Given the latest reports, the current Pope is either going to make a full recovery or died a week ago. We'll probably find out in about a week.

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slrpnk.net

This is how I found out the Pope is in poor health.

Given how every election seems to out recently, they're probably going to seek out the vilest, most fascist, hardcore traditionalist they can find who thinks Vatican II was tantamount to a pagan takeover or some shit. Fuuuuck

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lemmy.ca

Pope Francis made a bunch of new Cardinals from all over the world, so nobody knows what will happen.

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David Graeber had a take on that before he died.

If you convince a billion people that you can breathe underwater, and then you go sit at the bottom of a lake, you'll drown.

If you convince a billion people you're the king of France... Then you're the king of France.

So the question becomes, how many Catholic friends do you have?

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They're also allowed to name their successors. If he's really as concerned with the direction of the church as he has claimed, you'd think he'd ensure who's gonna be wearing the fancy red shoes in the coming years. But honestly, I think he's not quite as concerned about that as he's lead on. He strikes as me as a radical centrist, it just looks progressive compared to so many of the others.

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lemm.ee

... have you read about any previous popes?

It's only financial greed/dragon-like hoarding that prevents them from amassing a giant army.

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On 16 October 2023, he condemned Hamas' actions as barbaric and offered himself as a hostage in exchange for captive Israeli children held in Gaza during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

Pizzaballa has advocated for an end to the 2023 Israel–Hamas War and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.[17] Pizzaballa was a signatory to the "Statement on the Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza" which condemned attacks on civilians, called for de-escalation and called for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. His statement was criticized by Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen.[18] On his visit to Bethlehem on Christmas Eve 2023, Pizzaballa donned a Palestinian keffiyeh and expressed a desire for peace in the region.[19]

Consider me a Pizzaballa fan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierbattista_Pizzaballa

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I... Do not remember a token Italian. Token Asian definitely. Skin color is hard to see from written words and I don't remember if anyone was explicitly described as black in the books but there was a token black person in the movies at least. Mostly it was just a bunch of English kids.

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lemmy.world

Pizzaballa is pizzaballs (testiecles) in Norwegian 🤣

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I've heard him mentioned as a possible next pope. Which would mean his papal name could only be a disappointment.

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I think they have to change names to something lame when they become pope. The current guy is named Jorge Mario Bergoglio but goes by Francis.

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