Cardinals raising orphans doesn't sound like much fun for anyone involved.
Yes, especially NOT for the WOMEN who were FORCED to have UNWANTED KIDS by them, or by the UNWANTED CHILDREN who would be born to MOTHERS who didn't want them.
And even when someone LIKE ESTHER wanted her child, it also didn't look like it was VERY MUCH FUN for her to have LENNY always there wanting to be a part of her RAISING HER SON.
And then there's also VIOELLO who is also BUSY RAISING the other boy that he takes care of after his VATICAN DUTIES are done.
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Zwergin
8 years ago
Not that I agree with a lot of the rules that churches want their members to follow but for me the solution is simple: If I don't like the club rules, I don't join the club. No one is forcing me to be catholic (and I live in Italy ^^), no one is forcing me to join the bowling club. As long as the country I live in stays like this, I see no problem.
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xxpo
8 years ago
Be glad you don't live in the USA where all 3 BRANCHES of GOVERNMENT are being run by RIGHT WING FANATICS now ...
who not only want to do away with the right of a woman to have an ABORTION ...
but are also busy SHUTTING DOWN ABORTION clinics by passing really stupid and unnecessary laws to close them down.
PLUS they also STOLE the right of the last POTUS to APPOINT another member of the SUPREME COURT, which means the CURRENT POTUS will now appoint another RIGHT WING ANTI ABORTION FANATIC to the CURRENTLY 8 member and EVENLY SPLIT COURT which will also lead to a 5 to 4 VOTE when they have 9 MEMBERS of it again.
You may have also heard about doctors and nurses being MURDERED over here even as they sat there inside their CHURCH???
And BUSINESSES run by the CATHOLIC CHURCH have also gotten LAWS passed so that they don't have to PAY for the BIRTH CONTROL of the WOMEN who work for them.
Usually a woman could also go to the FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC to get some if they can't afford to pay for it (BC PILLS are also VERY EXPENSIVE over here), but now the POTUS is also busy trying to SHUT DOWN FAMILY PLANNING places as well.
There's definitely a WAR on WOMEN going on over here.
So not joining THE CLUB as you put it also won't do any good over here where CHAOS RULES the DAY with a small handful of FANATICS and ZEALOTS who keep passing NEW LAWS in efforts to FORCE their RELIGIOUS VIEWS onto others who don't share them.
Anyhow, LENNY also has HIS MENTOR SPENCER to talk to. And he also has SISTER MARY.
So one also doesn't see him as being as LONELY as was stated in the OP.
Because aren't both SPENCER and SISTER MARY are also both AMERICANS???
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BluFee
8 years ago
I'm glad I don't live in the U.S.A., believe me. But I pray constantly for its citizens.
It would be nice if we could keep the recent politics of the US out of our discussions as this is an international board. Some of these threads go off on tangents that astound me. Talk about roller coasters without a track!!
Lenny has Sister Mary, a nun as a friend/mentor. But as his dwindling support net diminishes he is more and more alone. Luckily he sees Sofia as someone who is open to not only discussing things with him, supports him (whether she agrees with him or not) and recently has been an adviser who is opening his eyes. He said he needed to see her not wanted to see her. When she told him to be careful of that Holy Father I think she meant it in a way that was cautionary as maybe he was learning to reach out and it was more of a joking tone than admonishment.
"Absence is presence". - Pius XIII (Lenny Belardo)
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Zwergin
8 years ago
And God (or whoever) help you if more members of the Supreme Court die (they are not that young...).
What a country imposes on their citizens and what people allow a religion to impose on them are still different things in my opinion.
And yes they are both Americans.
Spencer is often not much in the mood to be friendly or mentoring or anything really because he is so angry about not becoming Pope. And confiding in him might not be the best idea because who knows what ears it will reach. Sister Mary he can confide in but it is not like she can really understand what it is like to be a cardinal, let alone the Pope, how could she?
So I think it is a very lonely place he is in.
The current Pope is lucky I guess that he has an Ex-Pope to talk to :)
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BluFee
8 years ago
The current Pope Francis is from South America. If you travel to his homeland, the Catholic faith is very strong. And it is beautiful in a way that you do not experience in North America. Pope Francis has Benedict around but I am not sure they are on the same playing field. And he has a lot of resistance from within the Catholic church I imagine. He may very well feel isolated and alone the same way Lenny does. Of course, I have no idea but isn't it strange that we are actually wondering if a Pope can be lonely or not?
"Absence is presence". - Pius XIII (Lenny Belardo)
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Zwergin
8 years ago
I am sure they have different opinions, probably even concerning outfits (Prada Pope...^^) but still it is a unique situation that might be helpful. I think he meets lots of resistance, funnily for being more or less the opposite of Lenny, damned if you do, damned if you don't ^^
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badrad69
8 years ago
That's because the U.S. is predominately Protestant nation. In South America, Catholicism reigns supreme. Its a throwback to the colonial days, several hundred years ago.
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