Be kinde to folk. This changeth the whole habitat.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 8
Mascara-wearing brimstone enthusiast and convenience-Catholic-convert J.D. "The Closer" Vance warned Pope Leo XIV to be careful when discussing matters outside of his field of expertise, such as theology.
"He's going to screw up my book launch," said the Vice-President, who will publish his new tome, Finding My Way Back To Faith By Selling My Soul To The Antichrist on June 16th. "I've spent literally weeks studying my new religion and reflecting how it can tie me in to the big fundraising bucks."
"I'm smug, I've got a blonde side piece, I'm sporting the baby devil beard, I'm the whole GOP package. I don't need some goodie-two-shoes in the Vatican to tell me what Jesus H. Christ allegedly said."
Vance also reflected that his humiliating fealty to convicted fraudster and sex-predator Donald Trump only strengthens his own personal relationship with Jesus. "J.C and J.D., get it? We're like two peas in a pod. On my upcoming book tour, I plan to walk humbly in his very footsteps."
"He also had a daddy who gave him all the shit jobs and ultimately hung him out to dry."
No. of Recommendations: 1
Vance warned Pope Leo XIV to be careful when discussing matters outside of his field of expertise, such as theology.
I wonder if the Felon will send in the Marines. He's redeployed enough to the ME to do it. Just a short trip from there to Rome (more specifically, the Vatican). The Swiss Guards wouldn't stand a chance.
No. of Recommendations: 5
I wonder if the Felon will send in the Marines. He's redeployed enough to the ME to do it. Just a short trip from there to Rome (more specifically, the Vatican). The Swiss Guards wouldn't stand a chance.
According to April 2026 reports, a tense January meeting occurred at the Pentagon between U.S. officials and Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican ambassador, following Pope Leo XIV's critiques of U.S. foreign policy. Reports allege a Pentagon official threatened the Vatican with a modern "Avignon Papacy" to ensure Church alignment.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Followed by:
The Avignon Papacy, also known as the "Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy," was a 73-year period (1309-1377) when the papal seat was located in Avignon, France, rather than Rome, during which the popes were heavily influenced by the French monarchy.
Perhaps not the Marines storming the Vatican, but it was a not so subtle threat of coercion.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Perhaps not the Marines storming the Vatican, but it was a not so subtle threat of coercion.
Interesting. A little tid-bit of history I didn't know.
Isn't the Church already somewhat fractured? As I recall, there are at least two popes today. The one in the Vatican is the best known, but isn't there a splinter someplace else (like Istanbul) that insists they have the "real" pope? I'm not sure an Avignon Papacy would carry much weight, though there would be entertainment value if the Felon tried to establish one. He'd appoint himself pope, of course.
Henry VIII broke away because he wanted a divorce (mostly). But it didn't really displace the current pope, it instead created an entirely new religious hierarchy (the Anglicans).
It's sad when facetiousness (about the Marines) could be reality. I really wouldn't put such an action past the Felon.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Mascara-wearing brimstone enthusiast and convenience-Catholic-convert J.D. "The Closer" Vance warned Pope Leo XIV to be careful when discussing matters outside of his field of expertise, such as theology.
So Vance thinks theology is outside the expertise of the Pope? Or did his just phrase it poorly?
I trust Vance also thinks Trump should be careful when discussing matters outside of his fields of expertise, which is EVERYTHING except pedophilia, McDonald's and diapers.
No. of Recommendations: 11
Amusing article:
Maybe Republicans are right. Has the pope even read the Bible? | Opinion
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2...All this started when Pope Leo took a ridiculous 'war is bad' stance and found himself facing off against U.S. figures like JD Vance, President Donald Trump and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.Is it just me, or does it seem like Pope Leo XIV won’t stop talking about religion?
He’s all “the Gospel says this” and “Jesus taught us that” – dude, we get it, you’re head of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church. But does that really make you an expert?
As our Catholic Vice President JD Vance, who has a book coming out on his conversion to Catholicism, said, “I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”
Exactly. Vance has been a Catholic since 2019, the year Lil Nas X’s "Old Town Road" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, so I’d take his warning seriously, Pope. He’s seven years deep into the Catholic faith – you don’t wanna mess with him. He’s part of the new Catholicism, the one that’s afraid to say “transubstantiation” because it sounds woke and has “trans” in it.
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No. of Recommendations: 3
As I recall, there are at least two popes today. The one in the Vatican is the best known, but isn't there a splinter someplace else (like Istanbul) that insists they have the "real" pope?
Sounds like you’re talking about the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern church split off from the Roman church sometime around the year 1000.
The Eastern church doesn’t have a pope, but the Patriarch of Constantinople is the “first among equals” of the leaders of the various sub groups (like the Greek Orthodox, the Russian Orthodox, and several others).
—Peter
No. of Recommendations: 11
“Vance has been a Catholic since 2019, the year Lil Nas X’s "Old Town Road" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, More importantly, it's the year Cardi B recorded the demo for WAP.
WetAssPussy! She spent 2020, the Covid year, adding verses and a collab with Megan Thee Stallion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAP_(song)
Too much of my childhood was wasted in a Catholic indoctrination program at a politically influential LosAngeles diocese. Fortunately, my turn to surfing gave me an adequate excuse to skip church, and by my 1st teen year, break my very Catholic grandmothers heart when I told her the Pope had nothing to contribute that I couldn't get from surfing....
My move to 'The OC' landed me in the #1 pedophile parish in The OC.
"Poor St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point. They have the inglorious Diocese of Orange record of having hosted the most pedo-priests (five) in its history." The view from the pews, from 'Killer Dana' to Trestles (Nixon's Western Whitehouse) was great! I still donated to the charity branch (homeless families gotta eat!) until they called the cops on a homeless family panhandling in the church driveway during Easter Sunday masses.
JD picked the perfect religion from which he can support the orange pedo. That shillbilly can kiss my baptized butt.
https://www.ocweekly.com/news-why-does-dana-points...https://www.picketfencemedia.com/clergy-abuse-in-d...
No. of Recommendations: 0
Pudgy demon tells Pontiff to watch step
Spankee does NOT want to get stepped/pooped on yet again....
No. of Recommendations: 2
Sounds like you’re talking about the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern church split off from the Roman church sometime around the year 1000.
The Eastern church doesn’t have a pope, but the Patriarch of Constantinople is the “first among equals” of the leaders of the various sub groups (like the Greek Orthodox, the Russian Orthodox, and several others).
Well before the final schism between Rome and Constantinople (the Latin West and Greek speaking East) in the 11th century…..
A whole other bunch of Christians were doing their thing down in Egypt. Led by the bishop of Alexandria, the Coptic Church evolved on its own, and the man who held that office was called a pope. He still is called that, and the Coptic Church today has about 12-15 million adherents.
We in the West have been almost oblivious to any historical developments in Christendom outside of the Latin speaking West. Only vaguely aware of Orthodoxy, and almost oblivious to Coptic Christians, we in the West developed our theologies and historical understandings as if we were the apple of God’s eye and the only stream of Christendom that mattered- Roman Catholicism and various strains of Protestantism.
It’s as if the rest of Christendom fell off the edge of the earth, and only recently have we begun to understand that there’s an entire world of Christian life, theology and practice that has been doing their things for almost 2000 years.
There’s even a small community of Christians in India that traces its origin story to the apostle Thomas, who, in the traditions the exist even in the West- headed east after the crucifixion and disappeared.
No, they say. “He didn’t disappear. He came here.”
During one of the Crusades, one Crusader army on its way the Holy Land to do battle with the Muslim hordes, even stopped off on the way to plunder Constantinople.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Led by the bishop of Alexandria, the Coptic Church evolved on its own, and the man who held that office was called a pope. He still is called that, and the Coptic Church today has about 12-15 million adherents.
I'm always forgetting about the Coptic Church. Because:
We in the West have been almost oblivious to any historical developments in Christendom outside of the Latin speaking West.
That was me for a very long time. I'm still working on improving my knowledge of Churches outside of the US and Europe. So I appreciate the refresher.
During one of the Crusades, one Crusader army on its way the Holy Land to do battle with the Muslim hordes, even stopped off on the way to plunder Constantinople.
Unless you're taking a ship through the Mediterranean, your crusaders are probably going through Constantinople. I'm surprised only one army plundered it. Then again, if the first army through does a good job of plundering, there's not going to be much left for later armies.
--Peter
No. of Recommendations: 1
It’s as if the rest of Christendom fell off the edge of the earth,...
It's been a long time since I read it. But I was remembering that there was a second pope somewhere today. Not in history. Maybe I'm wrong. I did a bit of googling, but didn't come up with the correct search to tell me if I was right or wrong in my recollections. It was some eastern version, I think.
I think in history there was at one point something like 4 popes, all claiming to be the "the real pope". But that would have been several hundred years ago.
No. of Recommendations: 3
