|
Post by lemondrop on Jun 21, 2021 6:48:51 GMT -6
I'll start the week off with more proof that the US Catholic Church is just the worst and seems hellbent on driving more young folks from attending mass. Targeting Biden, Catholic Bishops Advance Controversial Communion Plan www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/us/targeting-biden-catholic-bishops-advance-controversial-communion-plan.htmlThe Roman Catholic bishops of the United States, flouting a warning from the Vatican, have overwhelmingly voted to draft guidance on the sacrament of the Eucharist, advancing a push by conservative bishops to deny President Biden communion because of his support of abortion rights. The decision, made public on Friday afternoon, is aimed at the nationβs second Catholic president, perhaps the most religiously observant commander in chief since Jimmy Carter, and exposes bitter divisions in American Catholicism. It capped three days of contentious debate at a virtual June meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The measure was approved by a vote of 73 percent in favor and 24 percent opposed. The Eucharist, or holy communion, is one of the most sacred rituals in Christianity, and bishops have grown worried in recent years about declining Mass attendance and misunderstanding of the importance of the sacrament to Catholic life. But the move to target a president, who regularly attends Mass and has spent a lifetime steeped in Christian rituals and practices, is striking coming from leaders of the presidentβs own faith, particularly after many conservative Catholics turned a blind eye to the sexual improprieties of former President Donald J. Trump because they supported his political agenda. It reveals a uniquely American Catholicism increasingly at odds with Rome and Pope Francis.
|
|
|
Post by lemondrop on Jun 21, 2021 6:54:38 GMT -6
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2021 7:15:11 GMT -6
I have a friend who wrote a letter regarding the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops basically tearing into them for their treatment of Biden. He has said if they refuse to allow Biden to take communion he will no longer take communion either.
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 7:31:16 GMT -6
|
|
|
Post by doublestuf on Jun 21, 2021 7:42:15 GMT -6
Someone at my work was arguing with another person that Biden absolutely cannot be Catholic because Catholics don't believe in abortion.
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 7:55:43 GMT -6
π³
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 7:59:44 GMT -6
Bahahaha
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 8:22:29 GMT -6
Just a bunch of imbeciles
'Kadlec, who had overseen the purchase of 600 million masks, took the plan in late March to Kushner β who exploded in anger, throwing his pen against the wall in frustration when he learned the masks would not arrive until June. βYou f---ing moron,β Kushner reportedly said. βWeβll all be dead by June.β Mark Meadows, whom Trump abruptly installed as White House chief of staff with little warning to Mulvaney, also berated Kadlec as the federal government struggled to distribute a new antiviral treatment called remdesivir, whose use the FDA had just authorized. βIβm going to fire your a-- if you canβt fix this!β Meadows reportedly yelled at Kadlec in a surprise phone call as the remdesivir rollout sputtered when scarce supplies were wrongly delivered to hospitals without eligible patients or appropriate refrigeration and the White Houseβs hopes for positive headlines slipped away. βThat was what the response had turned into: a toxic environment in which no matter where you turned, someone was ready to rip your head off or threatening to fire you,β Abutaleb and Paletta write.'
|
|
elle
Ruby
Posts: 17,319 Likes: 111,603
|
Post by elle on Jun 21, 2021 8:22:58 GMT -6
Some good news in France.
|
|
elle
Ruby
Posts: 17,319 Likes: 111,603
|
Post by elle on Jun 21, 2021 8:36:17 GMT -6
|
|
byjove
Ruby
Posts: 15,150 Likes: 73,902
|
Post by byjove on Jun 21, 2021 9:49:31 GMT -6
I saw something about the falling prices of lumber being a good sign for inflation and I was like I need to do some reading... The article says the fed thinks we'll end up with 3.5% inflation this year (though it sounds like we've seen pockets of 5%?), and historically over the last 10 years it's been about 1.5%. βIn the next few months, weβll have very high inflation numbers. Itβs unlikely to persist, but itβs a real risk that it does. That risk is higher now than it has been for decades,β said former Fed official Randall Kroszner. βWill consumers accept it as temporary? We really donβt know. In some ways, this is faith-based monetary policy.β Given how people have acted during the pandemic, that doesn't give me hope.
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 11:17:33 GMT -6
Lord in heaven Megan McCain shows her entire ass so often she can use it to unlock an iPhone what the fuck
|
|
Peekaru
Sapphire
Posts: 2,518 Likes: 10,480
|
Post by Peekaru on Jun 21, 2021 11:18:22 GMT -6
|
|
|
Post by lemondrop on Jun 21, 2021 11:50:38 GMT -6
Lord in heaven Megan McCain shows her entire ass so often she can use it to unlock an iPhone what the fuck Literal LOL. Saving this phrase in the ol' memory bank to use later.
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 11:51:21 GMT -6
Hey jkjacq I see Gizzi in the briefing room. No glasses
|
|
jkjacq
Ruby
Posts: 21,735 Likes: 94,319
|
Post by jkjacq on Jun 21, 2021 12:26:48 GMT -6
Hey jkjacq I see Gizzi in the briefing room. No glasses DANGIT im knee deep in trying to concentrate
|
|
overboard
Sapphire
Dull normal
Posts: 3,120 Likes: 15,781
|
Post by overboard on Jun 21, 2021 12:47:52 GMT -6
Damn. I really want to read this, but Iβm out of articles. But I donβt want to purchase access because Bezos.
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 12:59:12 GMT -6
Damn. I really want to read this, but Iβm out of articles. But I donβt want to purchase access because Bezos. I feel ok subscribing to the Post despite Bezos bc I'm supporting excellent journalism. But I totally get that everyone has their own lines WRT giving their business to jackwagons.
|
|
fatpony
Amethyst
Posts: 5,559 Likes: 30,643
|
Post by fatpony on Jun 21, 2021 13:09:38 GMT -6
|
|
jkjacq
Ruby
Posts: 21,735 Likes: 94,319
|
Post by jkjacq on Jun 21, 2021 13:14:17 GMT -6
Hey jkjacq I see Gizzi in the briefing room. No glasses I'm watching the play back
Saw him. He STILL looks like he could take a nap at the drop of a hat.
|
|
jkjacq
Ruby
Posts: 21,735 Likes: 94,319
|
Post by jkjacq on Jun 21, 2021 13:17:41 GMT -6
What does the president think about the gqp delaying a confirmation of someone due to the view on critical race theory
WHAT JEN SHOULD HAVE SAID The president thinks the gqp should be able to define what CRT is before getting all het up about it.
|
|
athn64
Ruby
Posts: 17,394 Likes: 76,621
|
Post by athn64 on Jun 21, 2021 13:23:20 GMT -6
I will never understand how people think he gives a shit about them
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 13:49:16 GMT -6
π
|
|
|
Post by greykitty on Jun 21, 2021 14:02:50 GMT -6
Well, everyone in Texas may have found something to join hands to go after Gov Abbott: He vetoed what appears to me to be a very popular bill with bipartisan support, including from the law enforcement community. I guess he's for animal cruelty. The first reference I saw was in the national news Governor Abbott says that the current Texas statute already protects dogs, but this bill β which was carried with active support from sheriffs, law enforcement and animal control offers β would have clarified the vague language that makes the statute completely unenforceable. link
|
|
dc2london
Admin
Press Secretary
Posts: 61,421 Likes: 418,125
|
Post by dc2london on Jun 21, 2021 14:47:22 GMT -6
That's not the White House, bro
|
|
jkjacq
Ruby
Posts: 21,735 Likes: 94,319
|
Post by jkjacq on Jun 21, 2021 14:51:08 GMT -6
That's not the White House, bro Ya know, you buy em books and they just eat the pages.
|
|
|
Post by enchanted on Jun 21, 2021 15:10:18 GMT -6
This is wonderful and heartbreaking, all at the same time.
|
|
elle
Ruby
Posts: 17,319 Likes: 111,603
|
Post by elle on Jun 21, 2021 15:48:39 GMT -6
*blink blink*
|
|
elle
Ruby
Posts: 17,319 Likes: 111,603
|
Post by elle on Jun 21, 2021 16:08:47 GMT -6
Arizona, come on!
|
|
overboard
Sapphire
Dull normal
Posts: 3,120 Likes: 15,781
|
Post by overboard on Jun 21, 2021 16:19:11 GMT -6
Itβs really weird to see Lauren Boebert praising Jon Stewart.
|
|