Putin is quite good at appealing to conservatives, he learned early on that the west would turn a blind eye to him blasting fcuk out of muslims and he's played on that for years to pretend he's some sort of defender of christian values
hilarious that's he's now a full on vassal of china when so many thought russia would be a bulwark against the chinese
Francis allegedly supported the fascist junta against Britain and no-one seemed to care. Now he's anti-Ukraine, all of a sudden people are interested. Weird.
It's the Catholic church (global religion), not the Church of England (national sect).
I'm not a fan of Pope Francis - and I doubt John Paul II would be taking this line on Ukraine vs Russia - but, you know, most of the world is neutral on Russia vs Ukraine.
I'm not a fan of Pope Francis - and I doubt John Paul II would be taking this line on Ukraine vs Russia - but, you know, most of the world is neutral on Russia vs Ukraine.
He could have said something like, "The loss of lives is tragic. We certainly hope and pray that when a GENUINE opportunity for peace presents itself, Ukraine would be open to it. Allahu Akbar!"
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He's a khunt
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Vatican has always been deeply corrupt.
Vlad has either bunged them many zillions of € or else has some serious kompromat
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So unlike the Catholic Church to be on the side of tyranny in a global major conflict!
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The church's role is to provide MORAL leadership.
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The Vatican was rather partial to Hitler too. Plus all the child rape. Lovely institution.
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YES!!! GOD IS GREAT!!!
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He's an Argie, what do you expect?
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The new president of Argentina is firmly on team Ukraine, and also weirdly team Trump, who is on team Russia.
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Putin is quite good at appealing to conservatives, he learned early on that the west would turn a blind eye to him blasting fcuk out of muslims and he's played on that for years to pretend he's some sort of defender of christian values
hilarious that's he's now a full on vassal of china when so many thought russia would be a bulwark against the chinese
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Francis allegedly supported the fascist junta against Britain and no-one seemed to care. Now he's anti-Ukraine, all of a sudden people are interested. Weird.
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Dux scores 100% on the Whataboutery Index.
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It's the Catholic church (global religion), not the Church of England (national sect).
I'm not a fan of Pope Francis - and I doubt John Paul II would be taking this line on Ukraine vs Russia - but, you know, most of the world is neutral on Russia vs Ukraine.
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Rule 69: Ignore everything before the but.
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Might we be on the verge of healing the great schism between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church?
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Hopefully we are on the verge of ending organised religion and gaoling all pedo priests.
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But spare the disorganised ones. Shambolic cults. Belief systems with poor time management.
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Rob there's being neutral and then there's encouraging the side that's been attacked to surrender. His holiness was very much doing the latter.
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What do people expect the pope to say when asked a leading question? Pacifism is generally a good thing. War is the failure of diplomacy.
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He could have said something like, "The loss of lives is tragic. We certainly hope and pray that when a GENUINE opportunity for peace presents itself, Ukraine would be open to it. Allahu Akbar!"
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A cheery Opus Dei story in this weekends FT
The Opus Dei diaries - https://on.ft.com/3Po8Oza via @FT
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