The Pope is down with OPP

[jlw]

Originally published at: The Pope is down with OPP | Boing Boing

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[LutherBlisset]

@jlw

“Sins of the flesh are not the most serious.”

I hope very much that this will not be used to downplay responsibility for sexual abuse.

[Thrabalen]

Flesh “sins” aren’t as bad as hatred. Cool cool cool.

And yet the Church just said that trans people must repent or be denied communion, baptism, rites, etc.

[Mister44]

Not sure that really translates to being down with “OPP”, but at least it focuses the fact that pride and hate is what is really hurting other people.

[teknocholer]

Who knew he had even heard of the Ontario Provincial Police?

[Otherbrother]

@Thrabalen

And yet the Church just said that trans people must repent or be denied communion, baptism, rites, etc.

As far as I’ve seen the only ones taking it that far and actually denying communion is a single diocese in Michigan, so it’s not really the official stance of the entire Catholic Church. Not that it excuses the lack of guidance on the part of the Pope.

From the Washington Post:

While other dioceses have released guidance on transgender people, several experts said they believe Marquette is the first to deny access to baptism and confirmation. That decision comes in an absence of significant guidance from the Vatican or the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which have said little about transgender individuals and the sacraments. The closest piece of direction comes in the form of a 2019 document from the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education that says people should be treated as the sex they were assigned at birth.

There were also individual cardinals and bishops in the US who wanted to deny communion to any politicians that supported abortion rights until the Pope finally told them to cut it out.

[Thrabalen]

@Otherbrother

until the Pope finally told them to cut it out

Until he does this, he (and the Church by extension) is de facto supporting that stance.

[greg_codori]

I’m glad the Pope is still throwing down the phat hymns like the old days…

[noahdjango]

@jlw

sex outside of marriage

the way it’s worded could be ambiguous, but the way it was reported above is generally interpreted to mean “premarital sex”
… that’s not what OPP means.
but if you interpret it as “sex outside of your marriage,” then I guess it works.

[tcg550]

@jlw

sex outside of marriage is not the “most serious” sin

My wife strongly disagrees with the Pope.

[LDoBe]

I was scratching my head with OPP.

I guess the acronym I know for it is NTR, but that’s cuz I’m a weeaboo.

[noahdjango]

Treach describes it in some detail in the video, and the track is unquestionably a hip hop classic, but his flow is a bit fast; if you’re not used to listening to rap it may not register.
still, it’s highly recommended if you’ve not heard it.