This will be interesting! A new break away Pope?

New schism just dropped

Defying the choice of God seems like a bold choice. Almost like there are no actual rules or punishments. Weird.

What are they gonna do about it? It's not like they can write down their grievances on a piece of paper and nail it to a cathedral door.

The same God's Will was used to justify black slavery. It sure is a versatile tool.

Looks like someone is trying to tell God what to do.

Time to add "a new schism in the Catholic Church" to the end of days bingo card.

You know what else would be contrary to the will of a loving God if one existed?

Being the main driver of the African AIDS epidemic that's claimed tens if not hundreds of millions of lives.

Fuck the catholic church and ESPECIALLY fuck THESE catholic church monsters! 🖕🖕🖕

Now ex-communicate them.

The Catholic Church thought they could pour their brand of religion into the entire continent for hundreds of years, gaining loyal support and broadening their power. Looks like they just found out they exported the bigotry, but couldn't force loyalty when they change the message.

This is the danger we keep seeing when people use a religion as a power vehicle, and wrap it in "fear of the other". Doesn't matter if it's Catholicism or something else. We'll continue to repeat history over and over because clearly it'll work THIS time and that leader will be able to control it.

Here comes another schism!

The new Protestant reformation?

Well, the catholic church is basically a faschist organization by it's organigram. Obey to the leader you fucks or go to hell (literally).

This is the best summary I could come up with:

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement Thursday refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples and asserting that such unions are “contrary to the will of God.”

The statement, signed by Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo on behalf of the symposium of African national bishops conferences, marked the closest thing to a continent-wide dissent from the declaration Francis approved Dec. 18 allowing priests to offer such blessings.

“Within the church family of God in Africa, this declaration has caused a shockwave, it has sown misconceptions and unrest in the minds of many lay faithful, consecrated persons and even pastors, and has aroused strong reactions,” he wrote.

A few weeks ago, Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye said “people of the same sex who marry in this country should be taken to a stadium to be pelted with stones, once discovered.” In a radio broadcast Dec. 29, he asked Burundians living abroad who practice homosexuality “not to return home.”

Ambongo said the symposium statement was a “consolidated summary” of the positions adopted by individual national bishops conferences, and said it had received the “agreement” of Francis and the doctrine office’s new prefect, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández.

No such extra documentation or preparation accompanied Fiducia Supplicans, as the text is known, and its rollout was marked by individual bishops and entire national conferences voicing confusion and opposition.

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