The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV spoke out against Russia’s continued war against Ukraine in an interview on May 9.
Speaking with Peruvian news outlet Semanario Expresión, Pope Leo condemned Russia’s war against Ukraine, characterizing it as a "a true invasion, imperialist in nature, where Russia seeks to conquer territory for reasons of power.”
Pope Leo was appointed just earlier this week on May 8, following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at the age of 88. On May 7, cardinals officially opened the historic conclave in the Vatican to choose the next head of the Catholic Church.
By clearing naming Russia’s imperialist aspirations in Ukraine, the new pope’s comments come as a departure from his predecessor’s position on the war.
I hope he stays away from stairs and 3rd+story windows
And Vances, but that shouldn’t be a problem.
“Didn’t half give me the horn!”
Is there an higher res?
Definitely. At some point ‘enhance’ kind of stopped being a joke
all the tankies gunna hate this guy now
depends. If they are nevertheless happy with his social justice policies, they’re tankies, if they also hate his social policies anyway, they’re just closeted/crypto fascists.
He seems to be better than the last guy when it comes to Russia’s war. That guy really thought it was the fault of NATO/Ukraine/whoever…
So far:
- ☑ Condemns Trump
- ☑ Condemns Putin
- ☐ Condemns Netanyahu (partial)
What’s your stance on protecting pedophiles mr. Pope?
I guess it’s a start, though I hope he calls them out more directly. He was pretty close to Francis after all, and Francis even donated his popemobile to be turned into a mobile clinic for Gaza (no doubt to draw media attention to what Israel is doing).
I saw it reported that Francis’s intent is that it’ll bring bad publicity on Israel when they inevitably bomb the mobile clinic.
Could be. It was definitely a passive-aggressive move against Israel intended to put them in an uncomfortable position and make people think harder about their demonic acts, as well as get media to report on them.
Religious MAGA nutts cry that their leader doesn’t believe Ukraine started the war.
Most maga nuts are protestant.
Evangelical, even.
Most maga nuts are
protestant.*Anti-christ
They do wear the mark on their foreheads…
It seriously seems like they are trying to find the exact definition of a shitheel and act it out. It’s wild
Nice! Too bad Russia’s Eastern Orthodox not Catholic.
They are not Orthodox either so 🤷🏼♀️
Edit: it’s controlled by the FSB you bongheads
Well, the Russian Orthodox Church is Eastern Orthodox and more than half of all Eastern Orthodox live in Russia 🤷🏼♀️
So does most of the western world, Russia doesn’t care.
Most, except the hard right in the West, including Trump and his sycophants.
Legend.
.ml in disarray.
How can they be tankies AND give a shit about what the Pope says?
Hey @admiralpatrick, come say your catchphrase!
Anyway, the answer is: if they didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.
It’s cultural jamming, they just argue no matter the detail as their goal isn’t intellectual honesty or persuasion, it’s disruption of social fabric and generally drowning out any possible consensus.
In their defense, they learned it from watching corporate pr firms, but even those had resource constraints.
How can they be tankies AND give a shit about what the Pope says?
There are Catholic Communists. The world does not conform to your perception of drama on a tiny collection of web forums.
Ah yeah, the Cattocomunisti, as we call them in Italy. Too bad there is no such thing in the reality of the application of the Catholic doctrine.
