• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    This comment proves the church’s PR experiment worked. The lies worked. He wasn’t progressive, he was a hard conservative,

    This phrase, right here, sounds like it came from a conspiracy theorist. Because that’s exactly how conspiracy theorists rationalize things. Anything that counters my belief is “lies” and it’s just a “PR experiment”. It can’t possibly be that the pope is, like most people, complex with varied beliefs and potentially even contradictory beliefs.

    No. It’s “lies from a PR department”. 🙄

    • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      But they do have a pr department. The holy see is a political organization. They are an internationally recognized government with diplomatic relationships. While not a member state of the UN they are permanent observers and influence decision making on a worldwide scale, and it’s not a secret that the church, which is run by the same person as the holy see (the Pope) has had its fair share of controversy.

      I don’t think it’s a stretch to think the holy see spends time and effort in order to make their appearance, and the appearance of the church, look better.