Is this some kind of sick joke?
When life imitates the @TheBabylonBee https://t.co/xnv9nlsmmk
— Greg Scott (@GScottSays) August 28, 2018
The Babylon Bee posted this nearly two weeks ago:
Pope Says He Will Address Sex Abuse Scandal Once He’s Finished Talking About Climate Changehttps://t.co/f08hESTfdm pic.twitter.com/osuMUTmhN4
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 16, 2018
And now, we’re actually there.
Cardinal Cupich is literally beyond parody. This was a Babylon Bee headline from TWELVE DAYS AGO. https://t.co/ELAMyqb0lt Today Cupich says the Pope can't talk about his role in covering up sex abuse because he has bigger fish to fry, like "the environment."
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) August 28, 2018
From @TheBabylonBee to reality https://t.co/vPWxVOIOfD
— Bill Dozier (@vfn) August 28, 2018
Sadly, it’s indeed all too real:
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1034510184830435328
https://twitter.com/ccpecknold/status/1034519340333391879
Outrageous: “The Pope has a bigger agenda," Cardinal Cupich said. "He's got to get on with other things, of talking about the environment and protecting migrants and carrying on the work of the church. We're not going to go down a rabbit hole on this." https://t.co/scG0BeWvJc
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd) August 28, 2018
"The Pope has a bigger agenda. He's got to get on with other things, of talking about the environment and protecting migrants and carrying on the work of the church. We're not going to go down a rabbit hole on this." – Cardinal Cupich
YOU'VE
GOT
TO
BE
KIDDING
ME
CUPICH?
— Tommy Tighe (@theghissilent) August 28, 2018
He’s not kidding. Cupich really said it:
What has happened to the children on the Church’s watch is absolutely inexcusable. And Cardinal Cupich is excusing it.
This is…really bad. https://t.co/pV7kcHbXr9
— The President of the Oskar Werner fan club (@pipandbaby) August 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/alwaysonoffense/status/1034512115749609472
https://twitter.com/wupton/status/1034512294397530112
Unbelievable. While one can make this argument *intellectually*, it's about as tone-deaf in every other sense as it gets. https://t.co/YfUnI5Ls4L
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) August 28, 2018
That’s putting it mildly.
"The pope has a bigger agenda, he's got to get on with other things…" A bigger agenda than investigating worldwide coverups of child/seminarian abuse? This issue is destroying faith, could empty out the church, and it's not big enough for his attention? https://t.co/DG98DDH65A
— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) August 28, 2018
Yes, the environment, migrants, etc are right concerns of the church, but right now we have an arterial wound bleeding out, affecting the faith/trust of millions. That needs to be our first concern.
— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) August 28, 2018
A bigger agenda than ending the abuse of kids by clergy & the Church’s conspiracy of silence protecting it? Jesus disagrees.
“If anyone should harm one of these little ones, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck & he be cast into the sea.”
—Luke 17:2 https://t.co/KcAAsW0j9Q— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 28, 2018
"The Pope has a bigger agenda. He's got to get on with talking about the environment & migrants & carrying on the work of the church. We're not going down a rabbit hole on this."
Imagine thinking any pet issue is more important than ending child sex abuse.https://t.co/eaccjF8d8x— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 28, 2018
Believe me, friends, I really want to stop ranting about the insanity of these cardinals and bishops but they make it impossible! @CardinalBCupich thinks environmental issues are the more important work of the church than getting justice for victims of sexual abuse. https://t.co/z3yeSYCDkM
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) August 28, 2018
What. The. Hell.
The BIGGEST agenda should be protecting children and punishing the offenders.
This is insanity. https://t.co/j8L2DVD3YN
— ??? ?????? (@RantyAmyCurtis) August 28, 2018
We thought that went without saying.
"I'm sorry your son committed suicide after being raped by a powerful Churchman and the crime was covered up by an as-yet uninvestigated cabal, ma'am, but Pope Francis has a bigger agenda, and has to get on with other things. …We're not going to go down a rabbit hole on this."
— Stephen Herreid (@StephenHerreid) August 28, 2018
I thought you were engaging in some very good satire until I checked the source. This is grotesquely obtuse, even for Cupich.
— TxTradCatholic (@TxTradCatholic) August 28, 2018
And speaking of grotesquely obtuse, how about this from Pope Francis:
Y I K E S.
This quote from the article isn’t much better: “The pope said only, ‘I will not say a single word about this.’ He called on journalists to make their conclusions and said ‘It’s an act of trust.’” https://t.co/7o7dPsLAA6
— Jean-Michel Connard (@torriangray) August 28, 2018
Dear God.
This is inexpressibly loathsome and foolish, a reflection of being part of an organization with no sense of responsibility or consequence.https://t.co/OCYPnx5Rgk
— AccomplishedTheHat (@Popehat) August 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/rkylesmith/status/1034514330895745029
Heads need to start rolling. Among those, it would seem, is the Pope’s.
Last one out of the American Catholic Church, hit the lights
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) August 28, 2018
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
Cupich actually went here:
Cupich on Francis critics: “Quite frankly, they also don’t like him because he’s a Latino.” pic.twitter.com/Ras6MH5uUd
— Matthew Schmitz (@matthewschmitz) August 28, 2018
Un. Effing. Real.
Francis was born in Argentina but is of Italian ethnicity. His dad was an Italian immigrant born just a couple hours from Viganò!
But why expect honesty from a guy who thinks the Pope should focus on the environment & not on stopping sexual abuse of kids? Ridiculous gaslighting. https://t.co/LB7GGl5ENK
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 28, 2018
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