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      12 hours ago

      He doesn’t support women in the ministry, vilified the LGBTQ community and most importantly, protected pedo priests.

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        He doesn’t support women in the ministry

        That’s not entirely true. While he doesn’t support women in the priesthood or as bishops (as set in Catholic dogma), he has placed women in high administrative positions within the Vatican, which is something other popes haven’t done.

        vilified the LGBTQ community

        Also not true. He’s pushed a policy of welcoming all people, and while it’s true he doesn’t support gay marriage, that is again due to established Catholic dogma and has been much more progressive than previous popes.

        protected pedo priests.

        I can’t say whether or not that’s true, I can’t find any instances of him protecting pedo priests.

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        11 hours ago

        I mean… would he have even been allowed to be the Pope if he didn’t do those things? (let’s not pretend the Pope is actually a divine appointment)

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          I’d argue striving to be head of one of the most hateful orgs automatically makes you bad person. Protecting pedos comes with the territory but doesn’t give him a pass so to speak.