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Pope Francis ' recent decision to replace two Chinese bishops loyal to Rome with selectees of the country's Communist government, heralding his broader moves to reset the Vatican's ties with Beijing, has drawn cries of betrayal from advocates of the country's long-persecuted "underground" Catholic Church.
The pope's actions in China are characteristic of a leader who has repeatedly practiced realpolitik to achieve important goals. But they clash with Pope Francis' image among many Catholics and others as a defender of the oppressed—a profile likely to be further tested by his campaign to improve Vatican-China relations after seven decades of estrangement.
The pope has decided to recognize seven government-appointed Chinese bishops, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a major concession to Beijing in pursuit of warmer relations and—in the very long term—possible reestablishment of diplomatic ties broken in 1951. As part of that decision, Pope Francis has moved to replace two bishops loyal to the Vatican with prelates from China's state-controlled Catholic church.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @09:05PM (1 child)
Agree. Or at least he would be if he were omnipotent. The inherent logical contradictions of his typical sales pitch to pre-technological cultures aside, Yahweh is an Anunnaki, and he's wanted for crimes against intelligent life in 9 systems. (The whales here on Earth very likely have an open-and-shut case against him.)
He's the one who gives the Anunnaki a bad name. Humanity had been put on a solid trajectory for acceptance in the Galactic Federation within 2k to 3k years under Anunnaki sponsorship. He ghost wrote that book "Revelation," not only because the extrapolations in there are obvious to anybody who's seen the sociological data Enki's expeditionary group published, but to sneak in a clever meme to attempt to prevent the Queen of Heaven from stepping in and initiating an emergency first contact.
Should the "whore of Babylon" (gee, who else makes up funny little nicknames for his opponents?) make her presence overtly known and begin performing "miracles" (demonstrating sufficiently advanced technology pursuant to an emergency first contact scenario), what will the humans do now that their global culture is almost entirely under the control of Yahweh's lies?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 07 2018, @03:53AM
The sad thing is, that is massively more coherent than the actual plot of Christianity. And, say, Mass Effect 3.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...