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harumph

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22. Oh, I see where you're coming from.

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 01:07 PM

Jul 2

"...wherein a handful out of thousands of priests is treated as an existential threat to catholic power. "

Mere "handfuls" of people can be a problem.

A "handful" of Supreme Court justices can be an existential threat to democracy.

I'm more of the mind to excommunicate termites (pun intended) when I find them, instead of waiting for my house to be eaten. But that's just me.

Cry-babies can now set up their own church in a backyard shed for all I care.

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Vatican cracks down on a traditionalist group by excommunicating its bishops [View all] dalton99a Jul 2 OP

Take Down Opus Dei next! Chasstev365 Jul 2 #1

+1 dalton99a Jul 2 #2

They're dangerous to the general population. rubbersole Jul 2 #8

Beat me to it. He does that, and ill be back in there the following sunday with a hundred bucks in my hand. Volaris Jul 2 #11

Shady Vance would have to find another religion again. wnylib Jul 2 #44

Excommunicate Opus Dei SCOTUS and JD Vance next... hlthe2b Jul 2 #3

This! 👆👆👆👆👆 SheltieLover Jul 2 #6

ABSOLUTELY! Jilly_in_VA Jul 2 #26

This MustLoveBeagles Jul 2 #41

Awww, thank you MustLoveBeagles! hlthe2b Jul 2 #43

Dang. This Pope might get me back into a church Prairie Gates Jul 2 #4

A teaching moment for the US left. If you have the power and you're negotiating with assholes, you're losing. harumph Jul 2 #5

Religious fundamentalists of all faiths are made of the same cloth. sop Jul 2 #7

this. fanatics (of all breed and stripe) are dangerous stopdiggin Jul 2 #10

I have long believed... GiqueCee Jul 2 #14

Vance and the KKKatholic Kourt. usonian Jul 2 #9

Damn! GiqueCee Jul 2 #12

I think it's in Italian, not Latin. nt Wednesdays Jul 2 #15

I thought... GiqueCee Jul 2 #16

Italian is the working and administrative language of the Vatican. dalton99a Jul 2 #17

AHA! GiqueCee Jul 2 #19

why a dead language is good for enduring concepts rampartd Jul 2 #36

Good point! GiqueCee Jul 2 #37

it is why so much law and medicine still use a dead language. rampartd Jul 2 #38

Dead languages evolve too. hunter Jul 2 #39

mea culpa rampartd Jul 2 #42

I know Latin from biology not the law. hunter Jul 2 #46

Go Leo! Crack that whip! liberalla Jul 2 #13

A good reminder that authoritarians use authority to preserve the system that preserves them 31j20b3 Jul 2 #18

Non-authoritarians occasionally have to resort to hard leveraging of rules and options harumph Jul 2 #20

Yes, especially in a case like this wherein a handful out of thousands of priests 31j20b3 Jul 2 #21

Oh, I see where you're coming from. harumph Jul 2 #22

I suppose it's also a question of shoe-size 31j20b3 Jul 2 #23

Agreed. That's often the case. harumph Jul 2 #24

Yep, and our troubling problem is the few caught on a very long time ago 31j20b3 Jul 2 #25

sspx : this schism goes back to like 1970 rampartd Jul 2 #45

Would a Catholic church named St Pius X be part of that group or not doyou think? mahina Jul 3 #48

i've never knowingly met any of these guys, or any opus dei for that matter rampartd Jul 3 #49

It might depend on when the church was built and named. TommyT139 Jul 3 #51

You don't understand that this fascist group is the one blm Jul 2 #30

Could use a proper name for "this fascist group" just so I can be sure 31j20b3 Jul 2 #31

TFP. Tradition-Family-Property. They are like the commoner base for Opus Dei elites. blm Jul 2 #33

Thanks. I didn't know about TFP, but I'm aware of pfople pushing that 31j20b3 Jul 2 #34

There's a multi-part documentary on HBO TommyT139 Jul 3 #50

Exciting times bucolic_frolic Jul 2 #27

Good. blm Jul 2 #28

Not just the bishops - anyone who "habitually participates" in the society and "formally shares its positions" muriel_volestrangler Jul 2 #29

This isn't even the first time SSPX has pulled these shenanigans... sir pball Jul 2 #32

Exactly. I was horrified when Benedict removed restrictions on them. blm Jul 2 #35

Good. hunter Jul 2 #40

I was hoping Vance had been Baptized into Catholicism by SSPX. pat_k Jul 2 #47