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Oh my goodness. My ignorance on the subject of Vatican politics is vast and that NYT article is so interesting. I always thought of Pope Francis as sweet little guy who just didn't budge because he didn't want to make too many waves. He just wants to wear his little hat and make people smile kinda. What a bulldog!

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I'm fascinated by the potential Catholic schism because I have long been seeing the counterproductive effect of polarization and the Culture War on progressive organizations that have been tearing themselves apart even before 2020. Even the Catholic Church isn't dogmatic enough for the polarized American imbecile.

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History always repeats itself when it comes to corrupt leadership. It's astonishing to look at how cookie-cutter it all is.

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Organizations like National Railroad Museum are absolutely fantastic. Organizations that are simply aware, educated and have a backbone. Part of the bullying the Railroad Museum is receiving is not only venomous backlash but also depletion of their resources and time due to the sheer amount of PR and energy put towards responding to an ass load of unnecessary, uneducated critics. Death by a thousand small pin pricks. And December has just started!

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Oh Boom! "Meanwhile, American Catholics are afraid. They are afraid of a changing world, a “progressive” Pope, and an unassuming little red tree sitting amongst others in a Festival of Trees, for which they stand ready to abandon democratic norms of Religious Liberty and Free Expression. How long before the Vatican begins to view their continued activities as a greater threat than their potential to schism?" Get some! Just deal with it! Take it! Oh Golly that was great.

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I really do love the idea of a "one-man club." If I make the name sound important and sophisticated enough I might be able to get a bunch of idiots to use me as a cited source too. Cheap & Crass: "Tiddy Counter Counsel of America League": We count tiddies so you don't have to.

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