@sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems
Post #2843534
2026-05-25 17:14 UTC
I don’t think anyone here is at risk of being tricked into thinking that the pope is their friend (unlike some people on social media…)
Under the last pope the church used similar arguments to argue that transgender people are unnatural (unsaid part: and probably shouldn’t be given healthcare). It’s hard for me to read this without thinking about that backdrop:
Desiring a personal self-determination, as gender theory prescribes, apart from this fundamental truth that human life is a gift, amounts to a concession to the age-old temptation to make oneself God, entering into competition with the true God of love revealed to us in the Gospel.
Replies (2)
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@blakestacey@awful.systems 2026-05-25 19:30
just gonna leave npr.org/…/gender-affirming-care-ban-catholic-hosp… here
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@EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2026-05-27 01:27
“The Catholic Church is an institution which has harmed, and continues to harm many, many people” and “it’s really good that the leader of the world’s largest religious organization is speaking out against AI and fascism” are both true statements