@eobox91103 said in Pope Francis Opened the Door to the LGBTQ Community, But Only So Much:
he was not a Vatican bureaucrat who would write rules and declare teachings in accord with his views
Oh yes he was & did.
Francis wrote A GREAT MANY documents & rules, & other things, many appointments & gestures, meant to settle his personal vendettas - he had a ton, was famously "rage-aholic" & foul mouthed - & to get his idiosyncratic views ingrained.
Perhaps your fallback could be something like, What Pope doesn't?
@eobox91103 said in Pope Francis Opened the Door to the LGBTQ Community, But Only So Much:
I'd like to think that his unfortunate comments about seminarians were the product of a bad day
He did it at least 2 distinct days & more plausibly, they may have been his attempt to satisfy certain critics, or what we would call, to look more butch / put on a beard.
@eobox91103 said in Pope Francis Opened the Door to the LGBTQ Community, But Only So Much:
He was a pastor, not a politician,
He was 1000% politician. Also some say, in his Argentina days, he tied badly into some of that country's human rights abuses.
Documentation emerged awhile back - I did not post it or make a thing of it, but perhaps I still could - that the CIA backed him, both in Argentina bad stuff, or/and his elevation to Papacy.
In covid, Francis was destructively pro-lockdown & pro-mandate - he was fine with churches closed (but bars & porn shops left open), Catholics denied important rites, people forced to die isolated from family visitors, people locked in homes & driven to suicide.
In short, Francis played along & did not care for human rights - whenever it mattered. That bothers me.
Some note, he ignored issues to do with fetal cells & vaxx development. Readers here might think that is no big deal, but to some Catholics, it means you benefit from killing of children, a top sin. Covid vaxx turned out to "not work" anyway - so, Francis compromised Catholic principles there for nothing.
There is famous video, of Francis ragefully batting away a Chinese woman well-wisher in late 2019 or very early 2020, the time, we now know, when covid emerged in Wuhan. People in hindsight have speculated, if Francis wasn't simply racist, then, he must have "known something" and feared for his safety. Fearing for your safety is only human, of course. Popes (Vicars of Christ on Earth) are supposed to be at a higher standard.
In charity, I pray for Francis' salvation & the repose of his soul. I suspect he may need it.
And so, I can easily say Francis R.I.P., as I tend to do for most people no matter how bad.