One monster down

Unfortunately there are many more monsters waiting in the wings, but at least this one is gone for good.

Cardinal Francis George, a vigorous defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy who led the U.S. bishops' fight against Obamacare and played a key role in the church's response to the clergy sex abuse scandal, has died. He was 78.

What an evil man George was. Don't forget to play "Ding Dong, the Wicked Witch is Dead" today -- you know, to celebrate. Woohoo!

Timmy opens mouth again. World shudders.

Anti-gay bigot extraordinaire, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, said something stupid on the teevee. I know, he always does that. But heck, why not share his priestly words? Here they are, in all their godly glory:

“We get backlash from those who think we are too gracious, and compassionate, and loving, and accepting of gays,” Dolan said after celebrating Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

I'm sure Timmy receives millions, if not trillions, of letters expressing this sentiment -- on a daily basis, no less. This must be what every Catholic thinks. Who knew?

Then again...perhaps Timmy is wrong. Horrors, that can't be! The marvelous archbishop, wrong?! Hmmm, a simple Google search seems to show that Catholics not only support gays but are in favor of gay marriage:

US Catholics support gay marriage by a larger margin than ordinary Americans despite Church teachings that forbid it, a new poll out Friday has found.

The Quinnipiac University poll found 54 percent of Catholics support same-sex marriage while just 38 percent are opposed, compared to a 47-43 percent margin among all American voters.

I guess Timmy-boy don't cotton to no surveys. Nuh-uh. In fact, Timmy Dolan won't give up until every gay and transgender person is dead. Only then will his church of terror return to its proper state of sanctifying grace. And that's all that matters.

You're quite a guy, Timmeh. If hell was real, there would be a fiery cell waiting for you down there. (Not to worry, though. Hell isn't real and neither is Jesus.)

Piggy Timmy drops another turd: Pope was "high"

Cardinal Timmy Dolan is an ugly man. And he has a blog. In a post called "What the Holy Father Said", he further "clarifies" the pope's kind words toward gays. I guess Timmy didn't say enough nasty shit on TV, so he moved to the internet to let loose. Here's how he begins his post:

Well, since everybody else is talking about it, I guess I should.

Timmy, you haven't shut up about it since it happened. He goes on (and on, and on):

I’m speaking about, of course, the Holy Father’s remarks to the journalists on the plane returning from World Youth Days in Brazil. For one, the Pope was visibly “on a high” from his first international pastoral visit in Rio.

So the poor pope didn't even know what he was saying? Cuz he was too high from all the adulation? Apparently, at least according to Timmy.

Two, mercy is the word that seems to summarize Francis’ talks...Three, mercy was not just the theme of those radiant World Youth Days in Rio, but also of his now renowned hour-and-twenty minute comfortable conversation with the press on the plane.

So that explains it. The pope was just feeling too merciful when he said those kind words about gays. Cuz he was too "high" from his trip. Ah, now we see.

So, his brief remarks on homosexuality were about mercy...No change in Church teaching here . . . or no intended “correction” to a more “dour” approach by his predecessors. 

He's referring here to Benedict's dyspeptic remarks about gays. We all know how hateful closet cases can be, and Benedict was a major closet case. But according to Timmeh, the new pope's kind words do not erase the old pope's hateful words. (Benedict said those with "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" shouldn't be accepted for the priesthood, and it is he who invented the tag "intrinsically disordered" for gay lives.) Sweet, sweet man, that Benedict. Kinda like Timmy Dolan, come to think of it. But no, Timmy assures us the new, kind words mean absolutely nothing. Gay is still very, very bad. Thanks, Timmy!

Then he veers aside for a moment to take a gratuitous stab at women priests, saying women "hardly need a Roman collar to lead and serve in the Church."

Ah, so the church won't ordain them because they "hardly need a Roman collar", eh? Sweet, Timmy. Just like everything you say. And it's very "catholic" of you to take the time to stab women when you're mostly knifing gays.

Then he wonders if the "Holy Father is frustrated" by all the coverage generated by his remarks about gays.

But, as usual, the press predictably brought these weary issues up, and have given them more ink than any of the other noble themes that rang through Copacabana Beach.  It’s not the Church that is obsessed with those topics, but the media!

Yes, Timmy. And that's why you spend 80% of your time fighting gay marriage. Because the media is "obsessed" by these topics. But not you. You're a rootin', tootin', prayin' man made in jeebus' image. How lucky for you. If you'd been born a girl, you probably would have become a waitress -- because it would allow you to flap your mouth at the customers all day long. But jeebus had a plan for you. That's why he gave you a penis. God sure knows what he's doing, huh?

Go away, Timmy. Just go away. All you do in these appearances is flaunt the rotten state of your soul. Then again, your remarks probably push more people away from your evil church, so I guess it doesn't matter. But you sure are sickening.

They would know

AP headline today: Argentine Gays Not Thrilled with New Pope. I can't think of anyone better qualified to tell us about the new guy.

Nearly three years before Argentina became known as home to the first Latin American pope, it made history as the first country in the region to approve gay marriage — an action that then-Cardinal Bergoglio actively opposed. 

Esteban Paulon is president of the Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals. He says Bergoglio waged a "war of God" against a gay-marriage proposal headed for Congress.

There's not much more to the "story" -- it tells us nothing we didn't already know. Frankie the popeyguy will be at least as awful as the last guy. And let's face it, if Frankie was a decent man operating in a world where some countries want to kill gays on sight (that would be the world we actually live in, BTW) -- he'd speak up for gay marriage rather than oppose it.

But Roman Catholic priests know nothing of morality. They reveal this every day.

When a pope dies

When a pope dies, he is effectively out of the way. This itself -- the death -- allows for the possibility of change.

But when a Pope steps down, he's still able to glare at the cardinals who will choose his successor. He still holds them in thrall. In such an environment, nothing can change. Even if the pope is not in the room when the cardinals make their choice -- they will have to face him afterward.

I'm sure the pope understands this completely. It's the reason he resigned: so he can be there to manipulate the process of choosing the next pope. If he died "in office", he'd lose that control -- and this cagey pope is all about control. Above all, he wants to know that his "legacy" of hatred will continue into the next papacy.

What an awful creature he is.