Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois midterm election
chicago.suntimes.com
That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025.
  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
    101·
    1 day ago

    he most likely believes in the separation of church and state

    He’s literally the head of state because he’s head of the church. He’s the personified antithesis of the separation you’re claiming he’s in favor of 😄

    • blackbelt352@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      1 day ago

      The Catholic church has a lot of very real very destructive problems happening, especially its entire pedophile cover ups problem. Be angry at the legitimately harmful stuff, not this “he’s a 100% irredeemable evil hypocrite because he’s a religious figure and head of state is possibly suggesting other nation not follow their example” nonsense.

      Be angry at the pedo shit, not this pure ideology testing nonsense. I dont particularly give a shit if he’s the head of state and head of the religion of a state that is over a milennium of treaties and compromises of European monarchs to create a sense of political-religious neutrality between their nations that doesn’t particularly matter all that much in 2026. He seems to broadly support the extremely recent (in comparison to the Catholic Church) understanding of the separation of church and state.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
        3·
        23 hours ago

        Be angry at the legitimately harmful stuff

        I am.

        he’s a 100% irredeemable evil hypocrite because he’s a religious figure and head of state

        Way to put words and sentiments in my mouth lol.

        While I’m not a fan of theocracies under any circumstances, I’m never going to BEGIN to suggest that being a theocracy is one of the 50 worst thing about the reverse Robin Hood atrocity factory that is the Catholic Church.

        I dont particularly give a shit if he’s the head of state and head of the religion

        I mean, it’s not like I APPROVE the least bit but yeah, I totally agree that it’s very small potatoes compared to all the radioactive horse apples…

        He seems to broadly support the extremely recent (in comparison to the Catholic Church) understanding of the separation of church and state.

        Does he, though? I mean, if he does, he’s the epitome of hypocrisy.

        Might as well tell me that Miss Rachel is a zionist who can’t stand kids or Bill Maher is a devout Muslim who hates attention 😄