Any Catholics out there?

​​​https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-generalaudience-lent-insults/pope-to-catholics-for-lent-give-up-trolling-idUSKCN20K1O7​​​

The Pope doesn't even know what trolling is.

In case the reuters link leads to a mostly-empty page ...

​Another news outlet on the story​​​

.... oh, and, one doesn't have to be Catholic to take a break from trolling.  :)

Bill Lawry wrote: .... oh, and, one doesn't have to be Catholic to take a break from trolling.  :)

then what do you have to be? lent is for Catholics. I have no religion.

" Something, Something, Yada-Yada:  so offensive, that I don't dare post it,    but it's hilarious . . . to me

Jon Hillis wrote:
Cool?

Whistled right past you huh? . . . (See, it's about Not Trolling & Not feeding the troll, Irony, give it up, get wrinkles)

My comment was in reference to another thread where the conversation about the "acceptability/correctness" of route names; & that suitability is dependant on appreciating the humor . . .
   It's ok for a route name to be derogatory/misogynistic/beyond immature, as long as the play on words is funny. ~ Is It really though ?
sorry if you missed that thread....

Suburban Roadside wrote: " Something, Something, Yada-Yada:  so offensive, that I don't dare post it,    but it's hilarious . . . to me 

Cool?

Gumby the White wrote:

then what do you have to be? lent is for Catholics. I have no religion.

Its’ a good thing that living life is not like reading a dictionary. I think the Pope has a great sense of the times for any of us plus a great sense of humor.

Bill Lawry wrote:

Its’ a good thing that living life is not like reading a dictionary. I think the Pope has a great sense of the times for any of us plus a great sense of humor.

... me also being one who “has no religion.”

So.. you’re saying the pope is hip?

B P wrote:

So.. you’re saying the pope is hip?

#woke

B P wrote:

So.. you’re saying the pope is hip?

Nah. I just give them / him credit for being more in touch with history and reality than some other religious entities.

The Catholic Church, sometimes referred to as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide.

George Carlin said he was catholic till he reached the age of reason.

I was a RCIA Catholic until my sponsor priest was barred from having any contact with children....made me kind of re-evaluate was I had gotten into.

Bill Lawry wrote:

Nah. I just give them / him credit for being more in touch with history and reality than some other religious entities.

I agree.  The Pope is steering a 2,000 year old vessel that has an equal amount of momentum behind, for better or worse (and I say that as a Catholic).  Give him credit for not just assuming the chair, twiddling thumbs and carrying on as usual.  
BTW, if anyone hasn’t seen The Two Popes on Netflix, check it out, if nothing more than to see two great actors (Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins) do their thing.

Bill Lawry wrote:

Nah. I just give them / him credit for being more in touch with history and reality than some other religious entities.

That seems like a very low bar to set

I’ll second the recommendation of The Two  Popes.

Coincidentally, last night we watched For Greater Glory ... was worth watching. 

B P wrote:
That seems like a very low bar to set

Buck Rio wrote: I was a RCIA Catholic until my sponsor priest was barred from having any contact with children....made me kind of re-evaluate was I had gotten into.

I totally get this. It’s likely the proper response.  But since this is an issue that Catholics have had to contend with alot lately, my response is, to use a political analogy, if you’re an American you don’t have to agree with its elected representatives, particularly when they do really bad things, to believe in what your country stands for.  Too bad they can’t be voted out of office and, worse, horrible that the Church sheltered many of them.  

Oliveira Goncalves wrote: The Catholic Church, sometimes referred to as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide.

Yikes that many.  Scary. 

Fat Dad wrote: 

I totally get this. It’s likely the proper response.  But since this is an issue that Catholics have had to contend with alot lately, my response is, to use a political analogy, if you’re an American you don’t have to agree with its elected representatives, particularly when they do really bad things, to believe in what your country stands for.  Too bad they can’t be voted out of office and, worse, horrible that the Church sheltered many of them.  

True. But:

• I believe we are at least as much what we do as we are what we say. Therefore even setting aside the individual cases of abusive priests, the fact is still that the Church as you said shelters many of them. The Church says this is wrong, yet acts as if it doesn't matter. Unless one takes the view that words matter more than action. Then I guess on could say that the Church is very concerned by sexual abuse of minor by adults in position of moral authority. But that feels unconvincing to me...
• Given how prevalent sexual abuses have been in the Catholic Church, one can't really help but to suspect there MAY, PERHAPS, be a link between that and enforce celibacy. Whatever theological/historical reason the Church may have had for enacting such a policy, it seems that a sincerely concerned organisation would reconsider this stance, or at least accept there may be a link between the 2. Yet this seems to be a step too far down introspection lane for the church. Again, I think we are at least as much what we do as what we say, therefore whatever discourse the religion may have about looking into oneself etc.... fails to translate into meaningful action.
• Many social stances from the church I disagree with. Some I may understand are just different values, on which there may be little to do except agree to disagree. However its homophobic records seems pretty hard to defend, from a human rights perspective.

All that to say, I'm not so sure what the country even stands for, to paraphrase....