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Saw this in the tags of something I'd reblogged from you and thought you'd get a kick out of it <3

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Do we know anything about why they weren't allowed to ordain the bishops? It's clearly not a communication issue. Was it something the bishops had done, or is it because of the sect they're part of, or are they just schisming on purpose for no reason? I looked into it but I wasn't able to find anything. I'm just curious because like, if they did it knowing it was an automatic schism... idk man, they literally brought it on themselves.

I have been wondering the same thing and I wondered if it was so obvious they didn't bother to explain or no one really knows. I think it's the second because I noticed the same with the conclave is that a lot of those reporters weren't going in much detail or parroting other wrong information and I guess no one is truly that deep into vatican processes most of the time

but I did try to do some reading to figure out what's been happening there, so let's go

Bishops are ordained and appointed to a diocese, aka a district they get to lead. This is LOCATION based so that means that if you're ordaining someone who isn't aligned with the people who live there, you're going to create issues. Obviously certain regions have more SSPX members but that doesn't mean there is a diocese there that would be fitting for them and that would have a vacant seat for them to fill and they are sure as hell not going to create a diocese and snub that off another bishop to accomodate people who oppose the current viewe of the church, makes sense right?

I think that's at least part of it

So the pope who had to deal with them ordaining bishops the first time is John Paul II. He was not the pope who oversaw the 2nd Vatican Council (aka Vatican II) though he was present but he did inherit of course the issues with SSPX.

The SSPX is less than 20 years old when they suggest they want to ordain their own bishops, which by the way is just bananas. It's like you go to the teacher and say 'yes, I'll pick what grades I'm getting.' you can't just do that, it's bestowed on you.

Our Pope JP II warned them not to do it in a strongly worded letter that lays out part of the issue and that people should conclude by themselves that they erroneously interpret Vatican II and that they arbitrarely apply doctrines, liturgy and discipline as they see fit, meaning they pick and choose what fits them without honouring the complete vision.

Mind you that Pope JP II was not exactly super modern on the matter, he had a conservative interpretation of Vatican II but nevertheless followed it as such and still found much fault in the approach of SSPX.

So they've basically been warned not to create bishops and he proposed to assemble a few people to get conversations going to make sure the priests are properly ordained and everyone is aligning and bla bla bla. It's an olive branch on someone who is decided that they don't need the pope to appoint bishops

so this happens anyway, JP II calls it a schismatic act and excommunicates them. Pope Francis later then tries to reach out once again and kind of rectifies their status in the hopes of bringing them back into the church but that doesn't really work so now Leo XIV has had to do the same, warning them and then of course sticking to his word and excommunicating them.

So when they wrote the 1983 Canon Law, apparently the reason why the appointment of bishops is so detailed was specifically to bar SSPX from using it to appoint their own bishops. Because some regions in like France and Germany do have a say in the appointment of their own bishops (I think for France it was specific regions of like Metz/Nancy?) but they DO still need approval from the pope after they've (s)elected someone. But anyway they made sure those people were still allowed to do that because it had historically been that way and make sure SSPX doesn't use it as like a loophole. I can just imagine the most petty person wording this meticulously like F you specifically SSPX

So it didn't go over just a few weeks or something, they've been creating issues since their very beginnings and the church has both been very firm on a few things and yet trying to close the gap between them with little success. Leo XIV did what his predecessor did ( Pope John Paul II) and stood firm on the excommunication, which is a good thing. Showing some backbone is a good sign, not just towards members of SSPX but to the broader world. It's good to know the pope will speak up, because no one really wants to anger the pope, that's just a bad look. Additionally excommunicating those bishops who have always have been causing issues, is just a good choice on a reputational level. Very little to lose for the church because the only people who will be mad about it are the people in SSPX (and they knew what they were doing) and all the rest is going to go 'nice, this pope is taking a stance'

Did that make sense at all? does anyone read this far?

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liketolaugh-misc replied to your post “Is it weird that I have a harder time writing when I'm not being...”

I see that you have already received answers so I just want to add that it's absolutely fantastic to see other openly neurodivergent creators around (bc I have not seen you mention this before)

Oh, yeah, I guess I don’t talk about it a ton but I am EXTREMELY ADHD and mildly autistic, with a side of pretty severe depression and anxiety. I take, like, eight pills a day for it all and I’m still not “normal” level on any of that stuff. I don’t feel the need to be particularly private about my diagnosises, so I’m sure it’s come up before, but it’s probably been a while. 

I like seeing people be open about that stuff too, it’s kinda . . . gratifying, I guess? I get to go “same hat!!” about it. I think most of the creators I know personally are also neurodivergent, actually, so sometimes I forget we aren’t all, hah. And so is most if not all of my family, sooo it’s a pretty common thing in my life. Never really felt the need to keep my mouth shut about it. 

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Just imagine Connor carrying Markus around (either bridal style or a piggyback ride, equally suitable) because Markus has been up and about all day and his knees hurt and are threatening to give out

Okay I absolutely love this so imagine that Markus’s junkyard legs are already secondhand and he’s a very busy android and as time passes they start breaking down and both their hardware and software become unstable. It makes his legs ache and throb. He needs new legs but so do a thousand other androids, and parts aren’t in abundance and won’t be again until the lawsuit with Cyberlife settles. He has legs that work, they just hurt, and he’s not willing to take a pair of legs away from another android just because they’re painful. He doesn’t want to take advantage of his position as the leader to jump place in line. So he lives with it. But some days are worse than others, and Connor isn’t anything if not a dutiful boyfriend with an untiring body. So he carries Markus around where he can so long as Markus’s pride allows it. The less he walks the less he hurts, so if Connor sees Markus running around too much when he’s already overtaxed Connor will 100% sweep him off his feet. Because the world is bad though Markus refuses to be carried around while he’s supposed to be around anyone that isn’t Connor, Hank, josh, North, Simon, or Carl. So if he’s having a bad day and still has to be in public or meetings or whatever else, Connor excuses himself from his other duties of that day and stands in as Markus’s personal bodyguard so that he can be around him for the day to make things easier, whether it be grabbing things from across the room or ushering lingering lobbiers out of Markus’s office so he can rest. 

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liketolaugh-misc replied to your post “I want blood.” “I have some good news for you.” “Not my blood. My...”

Love, this looks like a vampire prompt

what’s really the difference between ‘vampire’ and ‘person with a severe liver disease’

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Not quite Linkllen, but do you think Link got along with Timcanpy?

YES very much so

Funny that, it kinda just hit me now that Timcanpy isn’t shown interacting with others (Lena, Kanda, Lavi, etc) like he does with Link. (Though there is that panel where Tim eat’s bookman’s cigarette smoke, but I think that’s reflecting more on a habit with Cross than for bookman)

Sitting on his head, bothering him, biting him, eating his food, “talking” at him. It’s absurdly cute. (Allen’s very endeared.)

I don’t know if it’s because Link was always around Tim or because Link’s temperament suited Timcanpy’s. Or maybe he saw how alike Link and Allen were and adjusted his behavior accordingly. Link certainly never stopped Timcanpy from sleeping on him or using him as a perch.

Timcanpy also stayed with Link when he and Allen get separated in the alma karma arc, though I’m not quite sure if I’m remembering correctly. 

And also this amazing Hoshi art of them 

I think Link’s fondness of kids extends to Timcanpy, since Tim is very childlike in his personality. So even though Tim hassles and annoys and eats his food and invades his personal space, Link doesn’t mind. 

(And, well, if we take a linkllen spin on it, he probably likes having this kind of connection with Allen. If the golem loyal only to Walker is attached to Link, it’s gotta mean something, right?)

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liketolaugh-misc replied to your post: consider: a bleach au where juushiro ukitake is...

HE’D HAVE AN ACTUAL TEACHER

IMAGINE THE CHAOS

IMAGINE HOW TERRIFYING ICHIGO WOULD BE

IMAGINE IT

[howisthepope]

In case one of your three thousand followers hasn't told you yet, the Vatican posted official job requirements for New Pope on Linkedin, probably in response to Trump's weird attempts to become one.

It's actually 2791 at this moment so not yet

I raced to linkedin to see this and couldn't find it 🥲 if you have a link let me know!