PopeWatch: Buds

Regurgitates his own rambling, and anti-Republicanism in his own books. The worst teacher I’ve ever had in my life. Makes you read and buy the crappy books he wrote himself. God help you if you’re conservative.

One of the comments of Rate My Professor on John Kenneth White, a Professor at Catholic University of America who wrote a piece in Politico celebrating the alliance of Francis and Biden:

The pope’s criticisms resonated with Latinos, the vast majority of whom are Catholic. In 2020, Biden captured 65 percent of the Latino vote to Trump’s 32 percent; their votes made a crucial difference in Arizona, where 61 percent of Latinos backed Biden, and Georgia, where 62 percent did.

On Inauguration Day, the pope extended his “cordial good wishes” to the new president, noting that in a time of “grave crises” he prayed that Biden’s decisions “will be guided by a concern for building a society marked by authentic justice and freedom, together with unfailing respect for the rights and dignity of every person, especially the poor, the vulnerable and those who have no voice.” The pope’s emphasis on social justice issues clashed with another Inauguration Day statement issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). It noted that “our new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils and threaten human life and dignity, most seriously in the areas of abortion, contraception, marriage, and gender,” and adding that abortion remains a “preeminent priority.” Some Catholic leaders, notably Chicago’s Cardinal Blaise Cupich, called the statement “ill-considered.” But other Catholics intensified their criticism. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, chair of the USCCB’s pro-life committee, claimed that the weekly mass-attending, rosary-carrying Biden should stop calling himself “devout.” George Weigel, a prominent critic of both Biden and Pope Francis, described the president as an “incoherent Catholic” who should not receive communion. 

The close alignment between president and pope benefits both. In addition to helping U.S. interests abroad, his commitment to social justice causes and the plight of immigrants, Pope Francis has emphasized the personal responsibility of everyone to take a vaccine to combat COVID-19, the top priority of the Biden administration. In January, the Pope declared, “I believe that morally everyone must take the vaccine.” When it comes to the environment, another Biden priority, Pope Francis has been an outspoken advocate; in his encyclical, Laudato Sí, the Pope decried the “irresponsible use and abuse of the goods” of Mother Earth and noted that the ecological violence being done is reflected in the “symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air, and in all forms of life.” 

Go here to read the rest.  The piece is charming in a way, assuming that poor, puppet Biden has any say in his administration.  When President Harris takes over it will make no difference in the warm feelings this Vatican has for almost all Leftist regimes, especially if their opponents are populists, or can be labeled as such.