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Conservative catholics have plenty of reason to not bow to Trump, and no real reason to. They know better than to hop on a sinking ship.
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They sure seem to have no problems voting for him
the institution*
You can’t just blame “the institution” for how people voted.
Catholics by and large support Trump (anecdotally, my Catholic family seems split on him)
Exit polls showed that he won the overall Catholic vote by a double-digit margin on Election Day after losing that demographic to Joe Biden in 2020. - Source
Oh my gosh! The Catholic Church itself, unlike the Catholics in America, is an institution that wants to maintain its own power and independence, regardless of what fleeting dictator might be in charge. There’s nothing moral to it, it’s just the institution looking out for itself. They will long outlast Trump, so there’s no reason to give up power to him.
Something everyone should know about the Pope is that he is, in fact, Catholic. If you don’t agree with almost Catholic teachings, you aren’t going to love everything about them.
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Popes choose their own name based on the saint they’d like to model during their service. Pope Leo XIV took his name from St. Leo the Great, a Roman Catholic Pope who famously met with Attila the Hun and the Vandals to prevent them from destroying Rome.
I’d say that’s a pretty good sign.
They also chose them based on previous popes with the same name and the last pope who took that name was Leo XIII, the peoples pope.
He was pro workers, pro science and a good diplomat.
He beefed with french monarchists and pushed german political discourse towards support social welfare and worker rights.I think that’s the best case for a pope.
That’s true. It could be inspired by any of the previous 13 Popes or a saint. There are no strict rules when selecting the name.
its still the same pope that embodies all the same awful stereotypes
but he’s got a new hat!
