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William Lindsey :toad:

10. This is not a Western or American fixation. It's a gospel matter. The call to justice and inclusivity either matters for every culture in the world and for the church itself, or it does not matter at all. Catholic leaders cannot have it both ways.

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9. The church cannot preach justice and inclusivity without practicing justice and inclusivity. Its stand on women's rights and LGBTQ rights directly contradicts the very principles of justice and inclusivity it calls the world at large to respect.

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8. Having said this, I also want to say that if Leo does not effectively address the glaring injustice of making women second-class citizens in the church by refusing them ordination, and does not address the attack on LGBTQ people's humanity represented by the Catholic moral teaching that we are disordered, and does not hold bishops' feet to the fire regarding cover-up of sexual abuse, his defense of justice and inclusion in the world at large will ring hollow.

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7. My criticism has to do with the far too glib and easy way in which some of us seem willing to jump right into bed with MAGA folks and the Trump camp to undercut anything this papacy may do to push back against fascism. This is a politically unwise thing to do and it contradicts the very principles people are defending as they defend women's and LGBTQ rights and justice and healing for abuse survivors.

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William Lindsey :toad:

5. I also part company with those who responded immediately to the announcement that he had been made pope by attacking him for his record on women's issues, LGBTQ issues, and the sexual abuse horror show.

6. I stand in solidarity with people working in each of those areas to change the Catholic church and defend justice. So my criticism of this knee-jerk response does not have to do with lack of support for those three causes.

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William Lindsey :toad:

3. Given this, it matters a lot if the leader of that powerful institution with global reach pushes back against authoritarianism/fascism and its assault on core principles of Christianity and other world religions and humanist traditions.

4. I welcome Leo because of the promise he brings to engage in such pushback — even as I intend to take a wait-and-see approach to him and his papacy.

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William Lindsey :toad:

MY TAKE ON THE NEW POPE: TEN POINTS

1. Regardless of whether one is Catholic, Christian, religious or anti-religious, there are good reasons to care about the wide influence the powerful global institution that is the Catholic church exerts.

2. We are living through a global resurgence of hard-right authoritarianism — or some of us might say, fascism.

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Clockwork ☃️✒️

💾 Very few of my friends are #Catholic, yet I've heard about the pope from many in my circles (not only Italians!).

Why is that?

I think it's because, despite the faulty premises, the #CatholicChurch is a longstanding institution, and this element alone inspires trust in a world of uncertainty.

So our goal shouldn't be having a figure with values vaguely similar to ours in other flawed institutions, but to build one ourselves that is capable to last just as long.

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wilfred

Lowkey sorta hyped for the first internet pope!

“In the Vatican’s translation of his speech, Pope Leo XIV explained that his name references Pope Leo XII, who presided over the church at the dawn of the industrial revolution.

…I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour.”

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theverge.com/news/664719/pope-

Pope Leo XIV Makes First Formal Address To College Of Cardinals
The Verge · Pope Leo XIV names AI one of the reasons for his papal nameBy Wes Davis
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‼️🇻🇦Pope Leo XIV condemns Russia's 'imperialist' invasion of Ukraine (more) kyivindependent.com/pope-leo-x #Ukraine #Vatican #Rome #Mastodon #PopeLeo #Catholic #PopeLeoXIV #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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The Kyiv Independent · Pope Leo XIV condemns Russia's 'imperialist' invasion of UkraineThe newly appointed Pope Leo XIV condemned Russia's war against Ukraine in an interview on May 9, characterizing it as a "a true invasion, imperialist in nature, where Russia seeks to conquer territory for reasons of power.”
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Sophia

I am Sophia.
I am a transsexual woman born in 1974. Started transition in 2008. Married happily since 2015.

I hope this will be a great Mastodon for me, given that I was previously banned for defending myself against transmisogynist rhetoric.

Outside of me talking about transmisogyny and feminism, I also do clay modeling, gardening and knitting in my free time.

Looking to meet other transsexuals especially of my age, as the network seems to be dominated by young people… while it is not a bad thing I would want to connect with fellow adult peers first :-)

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