and again, don’t give a fuck about your anti-papism today.

today isn’t about you.

this is for the Catholics for whom this information is important.

this is how bad things were with the Catholic Church before Pope Francis: they didn’t recognize rape of adults by, nor within, the priesthood:

❝ VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office also can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes.❞

https://apnews.com/article/europe-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-laws-religion-6aa5ce9537419375091fdcf335c74f78

PS:

about his handling of the rapists ―becuase they weren’t just pedophiles. many nuns and priests had their Me Too moment: he abolished the one protection that helped the predators avoid the criminal courts:

PONTIFICAL SECRECY

“The Pope abolishes the pontifical secret in cases of sexual abuse”
Vatican News - https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-12/pope-abolishes-pontifical-secret-sexual-abuse-clergy.html

and i need to say this again:

Pope Francis wasn’t a Nazi or a fascist like Pope Rat and Pope Nazi before him.

but he was un católico latinoamericano y sobre todo, argentino. and he was a man, a patriarchal man, in all his inconsistent and contradictory glory.

so, again, atheists and anti-Papists: today isn’t about you.

just want the semi-lapsed catholics out there know, he was indeed the most progressive pope ever.

let’s hope the next one is even more so.

BTW this is why a lot of y’all might not even read a seemingly inocuous news articles like this one, about a group of catholic transgender women, some of them sex workers, being able to go to mass and take communion at the Vatican:

“For this group of trans women, the pope and his message of inclusivity are a welcome change” https://apnews.com/article/vatican-transgender-lgbtq-b3d67868504ba701cce09da9ecc94de0

these news clips are for the Catholic LGBTQI who care about this.

this isnt for you, atheists.

NO. it didn’t change the pope’s mind on gender affirming health care.

BUT THIS IS THE FUCKING CATHOLIC CHURCH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT IT’S A BIG FUCKING DEAL he took an audience with LGBTQI Catholics to talk about their disappointment on his letter on the matter:

“Transgender and intersex Catholics ask pope to rethink church stance on gender-affirming care | National Catholic Reporter”
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/transgender-and-intersex-catholics-ask-pope-rethink-church-stance-gender

this is the fucking Catholic Church we are talking about.

no, anything that veers from essentialism isn’t going to be immediately embraced; but since a lot of you know shit about catholicism, transgender people were usually ostracized from churches, as in not allowed to even listen to mass; even less take communion. that changed with Papa Quico:

“Transgender people can be baptised and be godparents, Vatican says” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67366198

@elrohir fíjate si es dura la vuelta al curro después de Semana Santa que el papa ha decidido no volver