• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I hope the pope condemns Christian nationalism as a manifestation of the heresy of positive Christianity. Or something similar.

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      10 months ago

      the popes have always been in favor of national (catholic) christianity, though. Gives them more power.

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        10 months ago

        The current pope seems to oppose Christian nationalism. He isn’t full liberation theologist but he’s far closer to that than to American bishops.

        Personally I think Jesus was lunatic not liar or lord and I think that if he has one saint her name is Dorothy Day. So maybe my opinion as someone who left the religion too soon to dedicate my life to the Catholic workers is a bit biased, but yeah the Catholic Church is on the edge of schism.

        Also national Catholicism and Christian nationalism are different. The former is deciding the nation is Christian and the latter is a stance that the nation holds a special place in Christianity. The latter is explicitly the opposite of what Catholicism is

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          10 months ago

          Just wanna add that Dorothy Day is currently under consideration for sainthood in the catholic church, the Pope also used her as an example when speaking to congress of what each one of the representatives should be more like.

          I’d say he’s about the closest to liberation theology as we’ve ever had, maybe ever will have but hopefully that isn’t the case.

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            10 months ago

            Oh good! I last looked into her before then apparently and had been under the impression she was sidelined to Blessed permanently.

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      10 months ago

      The Baptists in my family don’t know what “Christian nationalism” means but would like the sound of it, and they basically equate the pope with a rainbow flag. I wish, but this pope isn’t changing minds in the American South, even if he tries.