They could provide SOME context, though?

by MattG, Monday, April 13, 2026, 17:45 (7 days ago) @ Savage

Just randomly saying “we like the pope” apropos of nothing is not really all that big of a deal.

I get that they aren’t going to take any stance against Trump under any circumstances. But they could at least say “when public figures attack or threaten the Pope, it is an unacceptable attack on the free exercise of religion.”

Instead they just said they support pope Leo in general, which I think everyone already knew. Dowd could have said this exact statement last week or last month, it’s completely unconnected to any particular situation.

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Trump is Jesus - domer.mq, 2026-04-13, 05:26
- And Iran has posted their rebuttal - Jeff (BGS), 2026-04-15, 22:39
- Interestng New Republic article. - oviedoirish, 2026-04-14, 10:21
  - Thanks for sharing - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2026-04-14, 12:47
  - My first thought is I'm a big fan of Greg Sargent - BPH, 2026-04-14, 11:03
- Out of all the MAGA things I'm fucking sick of - KGB, 2026-04-14, 09:32
  - As usual, you nailed it. - cdawg, 2026-04-15, 10:36
    - Man, I wasn't even aware until you said that. - KGB, 2026-04-15, 12:18
      - Pretty sure that was Bones' message to Waddell - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2026-04-16, 11:03
        
        They need a second goalie who isn't Elvis. - KGB, 2026-04-16, 13:26
        
        Good point. The Caps &/or CBJ would have made the playoffs - cdawg, 2026-04-17, 08:54
    - Someone needed to say it - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2026-04-15, 11:15
- Then there's this - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-04-14, 07:58
  - Lt. Gov “Dan Patrick” (FKA Dannie Scott Goeb) on the case - atxND, 2026-04-14, 09:16
  - Ahh, the Heritage Foundation end game! - Joe I, 2026-04-14, 09:04
- Fr. Dowd in support of Pope Leo - Jack, 2026-04-13, 14:51
  - couldn’t mention Trump by name, though - Jay, 2026-04-13, 15:14
    - Right. - bobbywal, 2026-04-13, 21:10
    - This reeks of making perfect the enemy of the good - Savage, 2026-04-13, 16:10
      - They could provide SOME context, though? - MattG, 2026-04-13, 17:45
        
        Except everyone knows what is animating it - Dallasdomer, 2026-04-14, 05:58
        
        what would Hesburgh do? - Jay, 2026-04-14, 13:09
        
        Right. Sufficient isn't Leadership. - domer.mq, 2026-04-14, 16:39
        
        I don’t think social media is standing up to anything - Dallasdomer, 2026-04-14, 16:47
        
        Ok, well, it's a release on the ND website too... - domer.mq, 2026-04-14, 18:04
        
        Agreed, and I agree with Savage - Jack, 2026-04-14, 12:44
        
        Most people don't know why gas prices went up. - domer.mq, 2026-04-14, 09:30
        
        Those people would never read that statement in the first - Jack, 2026-04-14, 12:46
        
        gonna need the receipts on 'most' - KGB, 2026-04-14, 09:34
        
        I'll ammend to "Plenty." - domer.mq, 2026-04-14, 09:38
        
        Not everyone - KGB, 2026-04-14, 09:49
        
        Name the evil. - PMan, 2026-04-14, 08:57
        
        Do they? - MattG, 2026-04-14, 08:49
        
        Who's the audience here, though? - Jack, 2026-04-14, 12:55
        
        Audience is other clergy, then Trump. - MattG, 2026-04-14, 16:46
        
        There is no statement of support for Trump there - Jack, 2026-04-15, 13:16
      - look at Cardinal McElroy - Jay, 2026-04-13, 16:15
        
        Cue Chris Rock. - KGB, 2026-04-13, 17:28
- Now he's claiming it was supposed to be him as a doctor - HCE, 2026-04-13, 13:14
- I wonder how “Christian” MAGA will justify - Jack, 2026-04-13, 09:41
  - Randomly listened to something that reminds me of this - Mike (Max), 2026-04-13, 11:02
    - All of us are probably a mix of all three, - nedhead, 2026-04-13, 15:38
      - I agree -- it's an oversimplification of a human being. - Mike (Max), 2026-04-14, 08:17
        
        Have you read "Thinking, Fast and Slow" - ReginaldVelJohnson, 2026-04-14, 12:54
        
        Yes, read it, and I agree to a point. - Mike (Max), 2026-04-14, 16:01
        
        To add to this, - nedhead, 2026-04-14, 23:54
        
        I thought of Kahneman - OGerry, 2026-04-14, 13:16
        
        Much of the answer to your question is due to bandwidth. - Joe I, 2026-04-14, 13:57
    - Those are good - bobbywal, 2026-04-13, 11:05
  - Of all the totally inexplicable aspects of this era of - BillyGoat, 2026-04-13, 09:50
    - Easier to comprehend when you consider "Christianity" - ReginaldVelJohnson, 2026-04-13, 12:13
      - This is exactly right. - KGB, 2026-04-13, 12:59
    - It’s instructive to remember - Jack, 2026-04-13, 10:03
    - The right has never been Christian. - Joe, 2026-04-13, 09:59
      - They're Christian nationalists, which is different - BPH, 2026-04-13, 10:36
  - Look how stirred up the libs got about it! QED. - IrishGuard, 2026-04-13, 09:49
- I think that picture broke TPG. Working on and off today. - NDinVA, 2026-04-13, 09:10
- What the actual fuck? Jesus had red hair? - Grantland, 2026-04-13, 07:14
  - Is it AI slop or is it one of that one guy's actual... - PMan, 2026-04-13, 08:11
    - Given the "jets" and the gorgon, I'm thinking AI. - domer.mq, 2026-04-13, 08:25
      - I thought those were the Avengers - Jay, 2026-04-13, 09:05
        
        "On your RIGHT" - BillyGoat, 2026-04-13, 09:46
        
        Some pretty cool Revelations stuff going on there! - bobbywal, 2026-04-13, 10:58
    - AI, I believe - atxND, 2026-04-13, 08:15
      - seems so. - PMan, 2026-04-13, 08:32
- “Pope Leo is weak on crime” - Jay, 2026-04-13, 07:04
  - Next, he’ll be “soft on Communism” - Jack, 2026-04-13, 14:19
  - It says everything about exactly who he is - KGB, 2026-04-13, 07:11
- and Pope Leo is "weak on crime" - KGB, 2026-04-13, 07:00
  - also weak on gun rights and the capital gains tax - Jay, 2026-04-13, 07:07
  - Pope Leo is...Marion "Cobra" Cobretti - Chris, 2026-04-13, 07:03
- He's going for the Caesar Augustus deification trick - IrishGuard, 2026-04-13, 06:45
- That even one person is ok with this is the actual issue. - Chris, 2026-04-13, 06:41
  - We can all agree that we’re tearing down every last thing - atxND, 2026-04-13, 07:53
    - I’ll volunteer to man a sledgehammer - Jack, 2026-04-13, 09:43
      - They could raise funds with this... - domer.mq, 2026-04-13, 10:34
    - I want to convert them all to homeless shelters - Jeff (BGS), 2026-04-13, 08:46
    - Damnatio memoriae - PMan, 2026-04-13, 08:02
    - said this elsewhere - Jay, 2026-04-13, 07:55
      - Do you think the Dems have the guts to do any of that? - MattG, 2026-04-13, 08:02
        
        At least rename the ballroom after Obama - Jack, 2026-04-13, 09:45
        
        Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this arch. - San Pedro, 2026-04-14, 06:27
        
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        Call it "Constitution Hall" - IrishGuard, 2026-04-13, 09:53
        
        Yeah, exactly - bobbywal, 2026-04-13, 08:12
        
        I think the opposite -- I don't see how the arch - Jay, 2026-04-13, 09:07
        
        The Immigration Arch - GloveND, 2026-04-14, 07:44
        
        I'm hoping we can run out the clock on the Arch - bobbywal, 2026-04-13, 09:44
        
        I could see Newsome doing it - Jay, 2026-04-13, 08:06
- He's mentally ill. - oviedoirish, 2026-04-13, 06:31

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They could provide SOME context, though?