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synebluetoo

@heresylog can’t tell if this is a joke or no

heresylog

It’s a joke. I don’t know the names of his holiness’ personal staff but I doubt they’d be named “Larry.”

Also no evidence of anyone beatboxing in pope Francis’ presence.

synebluetoo

SO THE POSSIBILITY REMAINS

heresylog

Sure. Let’s live in the world of whimsy and possibility for just a moment.

unofficial-vatican

"Larry" typically derives from "Lawrence" which is itself derived from the Latin Laurentius, meaning "man from Laurentum"

The Swiss Guard band decided to present a surprise at the end of this year's swearing in ceremony

#video #Youtube

SSPX has formally refused to be excommunicated

I don't think that's how that works

howisthepope

SCHISM??

in this day and age?

howisthepope

okay SO four bishops have been ordained without approval of the pope in the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)(also sometimes known as Lefebrvistes after SSPX's founder Marcel Lefebvre)

How does the catholic church usually ordain a bishop?

You need at least three bishops to do the ordaining AND you need to have approval of the pope.

This Society is conservative and rejects more modern reforms of the church, like holding Mass in other languages than Latin (which was implemented in the 60s and 70s). The Society is originally from Switzerland but now has a large following in the US. The bishops who were ordained consisted of 2 American, 1 Swiss and 1 French bishop.

Correction: 1 American and 2 French! Thanks @atlasblue85 (source: https://share.google/EfZ4gi7JOAA2KzoLy (Vatican News))

The pope never approved those bishops to be ordained and warned the Society that ordaining them anyway would be a 'schismic act'

The last time the Society ordained bishops was in 1988, they were immediately excommunicated by the church, but this was rectified two decades later in hopes of repairing the relationships with the Society.

It is expected that these bishops will also be excommunicated, since going against the Pope's wishes is obviously a big deal.

Fun things (FUN I SAY) the Society insists on

Not recognising freedom of religion

Making priests face the altar and not the people like they did in medieval times when they're doing the mass

Mass in Latin only

Married women generally do not work

one of the former bishops (who got expulsed for being a Holocaust denier) said that women wearing trousers was 'an assault on their womanhood and a revolt against the prder willed by God'

Sources:

BBC news article

Wikipedia of the Society

howisthepope

#gif

apolladay

have you ever ran a gimmick blog (including polls, asks, or update accounts)?

yes, i currently do!

yes, i stopped because i forgot about it

yes, i stopped because of a controversy (my own/happened on my page)

yes, i stopped because of a controversy (not related to me)

yes, i stopped because it concluded (tournament, ended media, etc)

yes, i stopped because of something between me and other admins

yes, i stopped because i lost interest

yes, i stopped for another reason

No

have you ever ran a gimmick blog (including polls, asks, or update accounts)?

yes, i currently do!

yes, i stopped because i forgot about it

yes, i stopped because of a controversy (my own/happened on my page)

yes, i stopped because of a controversy (not related to me)

yes, i stopped because it concluded (tournament, ended media, etc)

yes, i stopped because of something between me and other admins

yes, i stopped because i lost interest

yes, i stopped for another reason

no

Voting ended onJul 3

unofficial-vatican

I'm assuming this blog counts?

If not, I do also run @the-british-museum, which was created to poke fun at people who repost things rather than reblogging. I've slowed down a bit on that one, but it's still technically active.

an-ruraiocht

#video

apricops

I think I’ve been reading too much about early modern Europe because I just heard someone go “of course Christians don’t think the communion wafer is actually the body of Christ, it’s a metaphor” and I said out loud “girl no they started wars about this.”

Which is kind of a pedantic thing to say! because absolutely that’s a benign and perfectly reasonable statement in the year 2026 but for a second I felt like there was an absolutely gobsmacked 17th century Austrian priest watching over my shoulder

unofficial-vatican

idk, I feel like "pedantic" might not be the right word here, it's a perfectly reasonable response

snommelp

Ah, Trinity Sunday

#video

liberalsarecool

The bravery of Pope Leo is an example for the world in how to combat late stage capitalism.

"The sweeping manifesto is about safeguarding humanity in an era of increasing reliance on artificial intelligence. Leo raised the trans-Atlantic slave trade in relation to what he called the new forms of slavery and colonialism that the digital revolution is fueling, such as the unregulated labor practices in procuring rare minerals needed for AI chips."