Saturday, 14 September 2024

WHO'S A SILLY OLD C ... CODGER THEN?

 No, not that silly old ex-schoolteacher who wears funny hats it's ... hold on, another silly old ex-schoolteacher who wears funny hats.


Pope Francis on Friday slammed both US presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and he advised American Catholics to choose who they think is the “lesser evil” in the upcoming US elections.

“Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or be it the one who kills babies,″ Francis said.

Here's the full story: 

POPE LOSES IT

I think that he's treading on very dangerous ground here in an election that is closely run and could result in the worst president ever getting re-elected. This is likely to have dire consequences to world peace and stability and will affect the health and living standards of millions of Americans and maybe billions of people around the world and ... this silly old man in a frock and a funny hat thinks that it's a good idea to rally the Catholic and Christian vote to support Trump.

I previously had some admiration for Pope Francis, seeing him as a force for change in the Catholic Church and Vatican policies but he has been disappointing of late. It may be due to old age or more likely that the cardinals and the Vatican power base have worn him down. 

He's lost it. Let's just hope that many millions of American women who under under the influence of Christian patriarchy vote against Trump.




4 comments:

Richard (of RBB) said...

I see you got inspiration from my post, but this is a very worrying situation. I'm sure that Rob will agree.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

What, after his laughing you mean?

Richard (of RBB) said...

Robert laughs.

Second fiddle said...

Robert's not laughing. It has always been Pope Francis' style to come out with surprising statements off his own back. I doubt if the Cardinals are smiling. I kind of agree with the sentiment of this post. Politics and theology do not make good bed fellows.