News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
VATICAN CITY — Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals within the Roman Catholic Church have expressed interest in electing a pope who’s actually Catholic this time.
“Call me crazy, but I think the leader of the Catholic Church should be Catholic,” said Cardinal Gerard Poupard, archbishop of the church in France. “It has worked pretty well in the past. Maybe we should try that again.”
Cardinals are reportedly eager to move past the papacy of Francis and focus on such classic doctrines such as all the stuff that’s in the Bible and Catholic teaching. “I actually can’t remember what’s in the Bible at this point,” said Poupard. “We should see what it says. It might be important.”
“After Francis, it’s clear that it’s time to go back to basics,” said another cardinal who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We’re strongly considering going with a Catholic pick this round.”
Gay communists around the world were outraged by the suggestion. “If the Catholic Church picks a Catholic Pope, it’s literal genocide,” said local drag queen and lapsed Catholic Wren Floriana. “The Vatican must be stopped before billions die.”
Go here to read the rest. Let us pray that the Pope is chosen from the Catholic wing of the Catholic Church.
Many a true word spoken in jest.
Whilst I was no fan of Pope Francis, I am not a sedevacantist, and believe he was truly pope. I sincerely hope that his statement “no souls go to Hell, they are simply annihilated” does not come back to bite him on the posterior.
May Almighty God have mercy on him, may the Just & Eternal Judge, Our Lord Jesu Christ have mercy on him, and bring him to everlasting life.
Don Beckett:
God keeps all things in existence. For God to annihilate a soul would be for God to contradict Himself and His creation. Therefore, souls go to hell by their own choosing. Thought I would clarify your statement.
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This cartoon segment by Lutheran Satire—comedic but also illustrative —- perfectly describes the Peronista deliberately confusing double-talk of the recently ended pontificate.