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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

You're not wrong, but that's not the way Catholicism works. People overplay the "infallibility" angle, but the bishops are supposed to listen to the Pope, that's the whole point.

The logical end result of "a difference in priorities between Catholic leadership in America vs the rest of the world." is either that the US bishops get in line, or we have a new Schism.

And I think this Pope knows it. The original Pope Leo is literally the Patron Saint of "defending against heresy". He chose that name for a reason.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

There’s the middle ground of enough bishops get fired to bring the rest inline.

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You're totally right about the fact that they're supposed to follow the Pope, but they're also throwing references to the Avignon Papacy.

It could also very well be a schism where you have the American cardinals declare the Pope is from their own ranks backed by the State while another is in Rome. We've already seen a superpower do this with Buddhism.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe that's Trump's retirement gig, he'll leave the Presidency and become Pope Donald the Lecherous

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Too old and useless to go full Alexander VI, but yeah.