The AP ran a story yesterday headlined, “Pope Francis says he's doing better but again skips his window appearance facing St. Peter's Square.”

Pope Francis, 87, skipped mass for his second Sunday in a row yesterday, citing his bout with “infectious bronchitis.” He also skipped a Friday appearance at the gala COP28 annual climate conference in Dubai, where he was scheduled to speak to the usual suspects, goofy world ‘leaders’ like King Charles and Klaus Schwab.

For the life of me, I have no idea what the Pope has to say about climate science. His involvement makes one suspect that the whole climate thing might be more fairly described as religious instead of “scientific.” But I digress.

Earlier the Vatican described Francis as suffering from ‘lung inflammation’ and ‘the flu.’ On Thursday, Francis more specifically described his intractable condition as “a very acute, infectious bronchitis.” And, this is his second go-around with bronchitis this year. Pope Francis also had an acute bronchitis in the spring, when he was hospitalized for three days.

It’s almost like his immune system is weak. Could be his age. You never know.

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Originally posted by kz1000:
People in Hell want ice water, Frankie.

"Frankie" doesn't apparently believe in (a physical) Hell.

The pope is a faithless heretic.

The day the Pope sells that last object owned by the Catholic Church, and I am talking selling all lands, resources, the Vatican Bank, all the aircraft, art, autos, weapons, Swiss Guard uniforms, right down to the pen he signs the final bill of sale with, and gives all the funds generated to the Little Sisters of the Poor, then, and only then will I give one shit for his view on the climate scam.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
The pope is a faithless heretic.

I'd say we are due for another conclave, especially since the one that elected Francis may have been illegitimate to begin with.

Dear Papa clean your own house first and get rid of all the Pedo’s

The globalists giving frankie his marching orders are the ones that are truly trying to destroy civilization.

I'm a Catholic, in spite of this guy, but he can't leave his position soon enough!

The Argentinians did themselves a solid electing Milei, but this pope is from the old school socialist Argentina.

The pope should focus on those things religious and moral. I'd say he's off the rails there and perhaps it would be good to get back on track.

The church doesn't really have a good history, in my perception, of things scientific.

Just curious, with the day of judgement and rapture coming someday, even if climate change is really man induced, does it matter? The end is the same.

Who cares if climate change destroys civilization. If it happens it will be so long from now no one reading this today will be alive then. If the Earth's climate continues to get hotter in some places so that no one can live there (wherever that is) it doesn't make any difference anyway. No one can do a damn thing about it (if it happens).

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Originally posted by chellim1:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
The pope is a faithless heretic.

I'd say we are due for another conclave, especially since the one that elected Francis may have been illegitimate to begin with.

Some would say that we haven't had a legitimate pope since Pius XII (or at least V2). I can't say that I disagree.

I've said this before, but: The next Conclave will look very different from the last (the one that brought Father Jorge Mario Bergoglio to prominence.) The cardinals who elected Francis have largely "aged out" of voting-- Cardinal Electors must be under 80 when the papacy becomes vacant-- and the ones who remain mostly came into the priesthood during John Paul II's papacy. They are not fans of Liberation Theology, they are not fans of 180-degree reversals of centuries-old doctrine, and they are definitely not fans of moral relativism of the sort offered by Francis.

Father Jorge was strangely silent on matters political-- and secular, in general-- when it benefited him as Bishop of Buenos Aires. He has more in common with any other politician than with any practicing Catholic.