And it’s the Pope, no less!
Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their citizens universal healthcare, calling it a “moral imperative” that people have access to the health services they need.
Previous popes have called for countries to offer universal healthcare, but calling an issue a “moral imperative” is an unusually strong term for a pope to use, indicating that something is required by Catholic teaching.
Wow. I do agree completely with that — universal healthcare is one of the basic things a government should provide for its people. Otherwise, what is the point of the government? We form a community to provide mutual aid and give us all better healthcare, better education, better defense, better food, clean water, clean air…I could go on.
Thank you, Pope Leo XIV, for wielding your religious influence for a good cause.
Now I’m worried, though. What is JD Vance, our Catholic vice-president, going to do? He’s already killed one pope, is he getting a death squad together to dispatch to the Vatican? I would also ask if our very Catholic Supreme Court is going to recognize their moral imperative now.
Well if it makes up for it catholic hospitals in the US are being shitty to trans people.
https://transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nightmare-the-human-toll-of-the-catholic-church-s-trans-healthcare-ban
“…. I would also ask if our very Catholic Supreme Court is going to recognize their moral imperative now.”
Let’s go with “nope.”
We need to convince the Pope to make that announcement ex cathedra, so the Catholics then have to tie themselves in knots to avoid implementing what they should believe is the literal Word of God.
How many people know of the role Bismarck played in this field?
I know that it’s OT, but I look forward to PZ roasting Mary Franson. See the latest Friendly Atheist.
Since you raise the issue of what James Donald Bowman is up to:
Iran prefers Vice President Vance for talks with US amid trust gap: Report
Just think about that for a second. There are at least two people whom the Iranis trust less than Vance, and they were chosen to participate in negotiations. Maybe Ted Cruz wasn’t available or something.
@3 I remember when Pope Palpatine used to threaten ex cathedra without actually invoking it. He was an asshole.