AlexScrivener
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AlexScrivener
1mo ago
Francis
You're right that the rule can be changed at any time by the pope, except that the pope didn't actually change it. The 120 cardinal electors rule remains in place.
Doesn't matter, the Pope can do whatever he wants (on this matter). The law cannot bind the Pope, because the law is an instrument of the Pope. He has supreme unlimited absolute authority over the rules for creating cardinals, and can change or ignore them as he sees fit. He cannot be bound by his own authority or the authority of his predecessors.
They go over this in detail at about 35 minutes into the podcast
AlexScrivener
1mo ago
If this is a topic in which you are actually interested, rather than simply a convenient opportunity to bemoan Christianity, here is a recent podcast of two canon lawyers discussing exactly this topic
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/ep-202-the-next-benevacantism
More or less, the rule was only put in place by Paul VI in 1975, and a Pope can't bind future Popes. The rule can be changed at any time by the Pope, and papal canon law cannot bind the Pope because it derives its authority directly from him.
AlexScrivener
2mo ago
The whole article and the phrase which inspired it seem like desperate groping in the intellectual dark for the concept of The Principle Of Double Effect, and an illuminating example of the problems which arise when it is lacking.
The inability to distinguish between intended and unintended effects, and forseen and unforseen consequences, is lethal to a moral evaluation of human action.
AlexScrivener
5mo ago
First Things article about secular monks
Maybe this one? https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/03/secular-monks
AlexScrivener
11mo ago
Francis’s progressive allies in the committee which chooses new bishops would rather leave an oddly large number of dioceses vacant than appoint them.
Not saying this is definitely wrong, but also a third of priests asked to become bishops refuse:
As Cardinal Marc Ouellet, head of the bishops’ dicastery from 2010 to 2023, said last year: “Since the beginning of my mandate, I have seen the number of priests who do not accept the episcopal appointment increase from 1 in 10 to about 3 in 10 in 12 years.”
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-catholic-churchs-bishop-elect
AlexScrivener
1yr ago
I am all for completely swapping the culture of a story. Shakespeare in space with aliens could be awesome (maybe, it might also suck depending on who does it). The Magnificent Seven was The Seven Samurai in the Old West, and Yojimbo was Red Harvest in Japan. Go for it!
In a slightly different framework, Catholic art often depicts the Virgin and Child in localized versions, wearing traditional garb and looking like the locals, whether Mexican or Chinese or Italian or Thai. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mojotrotters/5522889053 That obviously doesn't mean people think Mary and Jesus were east Asian or blonde, it's just a way of portraying their universal applicability to all people.
You can even just race swap various characters without explanation, like when Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves played brothers in Much Ado About Nothing, and no one cared because it was Shakespeare.
It's the ham-fisted diversity point scoring that drives people nuts, where they randomly change a character, then expect you to notice and be impressed at how they are portraying diversity without actually addressing how that change would work in the story.
AlexScrivener
2yr ago
All of them are in long term relationships since before they graduated.
I think this is something that doesn't get brought up enough. Despite all the apps and the changes in urban dating, for men around here the best best is to go to a college that has significantly more women than men (which is most of them) and make it known that you are looking for a permanent relationship right now. If you spend your early 20s playing the field, you are more likely to be alone at 30.
Obviously, this isn't good advice for people who aren't going to college for whatever reason, but it seems like the guys around here are very interested in min/maxing their career odds by picking the right school and degree, but ignore their actual life plan and end up with a successful career and single.
If you go to a school that fits your personality, you will probably find women that fit your personality. I went to a Catholic liberal arts school (65% female) met a bunch of very nice girls looking for serious relationships, got into a serious relationship, and was married before 25. Moreover, 5 of my 7 brothers did the same thing (excepting the current sophomore and the one with severe developmental challenges who will never live independently).
Admittedly, this may negatively impact your perfect career path. Your earnings potential might be lower if you pick a school based on the likelihood you will find a mate there. You probably won't get to the US Senate or become the founder of a unicorn startup by picking a school like that, but most people who go to MIT won't do either of those things either. But you have a much better chance of living your life happily married.
AlexScrivener
2yr ago
none will suggest ending no-fault divorce
Really? Because at least the Catholic circles I run in will constantly rail against no-fault divorce, and even lots-of-fault divorce.
1 A Swedish Black Metal band studied Catholicism so intensely for more efficient blasphemy that they wound up converting to Catholicism
2 I've been Catholic my whole life, I do tend to sing a fair bit, but I actively avoid the Masses with singing because my parish picks such lame, terrible music. "On Eagles' Wings" is worth waking up two hours earlier to avoid. Don't get me started on the Children's Choir!
AlexScrivener
2yr ago
The closest might be the New England Puritans
AlexScrivener
2yr ago
If by "automatic" you necessarily mean electric, then no. If you mean "I can drop things in without touching it and then it closes without me touching it" I recommend an industrial can like this: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/lavex-janitorial-23-gallon-black-slim-trash-can-and-black-swing-lid/475WH23BKKT.html
No batteries, unbreakable, dozens of color options, holds very large bags, lid stays closed all the time until you drop something into it, can be hit with industrial cleaner and a pressure washer if needed.
AlexScrivener
2yr ago
(to keep things clear, I'm going to refer to the cis woman as the wife and the trans person as the husband)
Interestingly, CNN is doing the same thing:
"A wife and husband from Maryland have been charged with conspiring to provide the Russian government with personal medical records from the US government and military, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.
" Anna Gabrielian, an anesthesiologist practicing in Baltimore, along with her husband, Jamie Lee Henry, a major and doctor in the US Army, allegedly provided "individually identifiable health information," which is protected under federal law, to an FBI undercover agent posing as a Russian government employee."
AlexScrivener
2yr ago
Torso murders!
AlexScrivener
2yr ago
Heat pumps are great if you are in a normal-ish climate. I've had a few and like them.
I highly recommend this guy as an introduction https://youtube.com/watch?v=7J52mDjZzto
The canon lawyers disagree with you.
The part about creating cardinals is a restriction on the person who creates cardinals, the Pope, who can ignore it at will.
The part that says no cardinal elector may be denied his right to elect the Pope is a restriction on the people who run the papal election, who are not the pope. They cannot dispense with it.
It might be that the Pope is in fact making up rules as he goes along, and you could make an argument that it would be better if the last 4 Popes had actually changed the wording of the law rather than just ignoring it, but none of that changes how the law actually applies and none of it changes the rules that require all cardinal electors to be allowed to vote.
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