# Is the Pope Catholic? Jerome Corsi questions this Pope's Catholicism
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [September 19, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209 "2013-09-19T04:47:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/61 "2013-11-13T20:25:30Z")
Update: Pope Francis apparently [bewilders Sarah Palin](http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/12/sarah-palin-taken-aback-by-pope-franciss-liberal-statements/) – no big deal there . . .
But, [this Pope is also making the Mob nervous.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/13/anti-mob-prosecutor-pope-francis-making-the-mafia-nervous-and-agitated/)
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> Pope Francis’s crusade against corruption has made him a target for Italy’s all-powerful mafia clans, a leading anti-mob prosecutor has warned.
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> Nicola Gratteri, who has battled Calabria’s shadowy ‘Ndrangheta mafia, said on Wednesday that Francis’s attempt to bring transparency to the Vatican was making the white collar mobsters who do business with corrupt prelates “nervous and agitated”.
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> He told the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Pope Francis is dismantling centres of economic power in the Vatican.
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> Francis, who has called for “a poor church”, has backed reform at the Vatican’s bank, which has been suspected for years of being a channel for the laundering of mob profits. This week police impounded a luxury hotel on Rome’s Janiculum hill – formerly a monastery – which the ‘Ndrangheta allegedly purchased from a religious order.
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> In a fiery sermon on Monday, Francis railed against corruption and quoted the bible’s advice that practitioners be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck.
[roll _The Godfather Part III]_
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/62 "2013-11-14T02:53:15Z")
> [@Clothahump](#):
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> Actually, one doesn’t even have to be Catholic to become The Dude In The Funny Hat. All that is required is that the candidate be 1) male and 2) baptized a Christian.
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> I fit that bill. I should become the next Pope.
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No, you still have to be a Catholic. You just don’t have to be a priest.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/63 "2013-11-14T03:27:22Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Update: Pope Francis apparently [bewilders Sarah Palin](http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/12/sarah-palin-taken-aback-by-pope-franciss-liberal-statements/) – no big deal there . . .
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> But, [this Pope is also making the Mob nervous.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/13/anti-mob-prosecutor-pope-francis-making-the-mafia-nervous-and-agitated/)
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> [roll _The Godfather Part III]_
Any particular reason you needed to cross post that into [two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16845635&postcount=45) [other](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16845654&postcount=120) threads? Want me to start some other threads for you to pad your posts in?
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/64 "2013-11-14T03:43:32Z")
> [@Munch](#):
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> Any particular reason you needed to cross post that into [two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16845635&postcount=45) [other](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16845654&postcount=120) threads?
Yes, there is: I wanted to post it to all recent (as in, post-papal-election) threads Francis-related. Didn’t get 'em all, I’m sure, but three is enough.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/65 "2013-11-14T07:01:43Z")
God forbid anyone here should be bereft of your wisdom, **BG**.
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### Author:  [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/66 "2013-11-14T09:39:02Z")
Well, at least he’s a consistently good poster.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/67 "2013-11-14T10:40:45Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> [roll _The Godfather Part III]_
More like _The Pope Must Die_.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/68 "2013-11-14T12:13:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Yes, there is: I wanted to post it to all recent (as in, post-papal-election) threads Francis-related. Didn’t get 'em all, I’m sure, but three is enough.
Well, I guess I didn’t ask you if there was a _good_ reason, so that’s on me.
Maybe next time you could at least spam out something that’s unique and clever?
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/69 "2013-11-14T14:54:20Z")
> [@Munch](#):
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> Well, I guess I didn’t ask you if there was a _good_ reason, so that’s on me.
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> Maybe next time you could at least spam out something that’s unique and clever?
Dunno about clever, but if the Pope is crossing the Mob, that’s at any rate pretty damned **important.**
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/70 "2013-11-26T23:31:59Z")
[Pope Francis criticizes trickle-down economics, rising wealth inequality and the “idolatry of money.”](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pope-francis-denounces-trickle-down-economic-theories-in-critique-of-inequality/2013/11/26/e17ffe4e-56b6-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html)
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/71 "2013-11-27T00:50:06Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> [Pope Francis criticizes trickle-down economics, rising wealth inequality and the “idolatry of money.”](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pope-francis-denounces-trickle-down-economic-theories-in-critique-of-inequality/2013/11/26/e17ffe4e-56b6-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html)
So what? He also criticizes abortion.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/72 "2013-11-27T00:58:30Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> So what? He also criticizes abortion.
True, and neither is about to go away.
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### Author:  [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/73 "2013-11-27T00:58:55Z")
Being wrong half the time is better than being wrong all the time.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/74 "2013-11-27T15:00:32Z")
There’s nothing new in the Pope’s message. Popes have been ranting about social and economic justice for decades. The only thing that is really different is the tone. He’s not putting abortion and homosexuality up in the spotlight, but that seems more like a marketing thing. Both are still considered sins and that isn’t going to change for some time, if ever.
I like this guy’s style, but the substance is pretty much status quo, with the exception that he might clean house a bit more than his predecessors.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/75 "2013-11-27T17:47:05Z")
[In his latest “apostolic exhortation”](http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iUDwcBanUZTjwCJZmdCH4m-aDnOg?docId=699590d2-d81d-4a23-a6dd-3754e6383178) Francis rules out any changes on abortion or ordaining women – but, he does want a “conversion of the papacy,” i.e., he wants the Church decentralized and for bishops to have “real doctrinal authority.” Interesting. Especially since that raises the question of what happens if a bishop decides to ordain a woman, etc.
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### Author:  [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/76 "2013-11-27T18:07:07Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#):
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> OK, there are seriously still antipopes running around?
Absolutely. One of them is [Zladko Vladcik, of Molvanîa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGBHfXPqbgI).
I was initially skeptical on the authenticity of his antipope-ness, but I became a believer when he said,
_Like a lion kills an antelope!
Like a hammer hits a cantaloupe!_
:eek:
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### Author:  [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/77 "2013-11-27T18:11:11Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> So what? He also criticizes abortion.
And God forbid that anyone should criticize abortion.
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### Author:  [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/78 "2013-11-27T18:49:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> So what? He also criticizes abortion.
But what’s his opinion on de-clawing cats?
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### Author:  [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/79 "2013-11-27T18:57:46Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#):
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> He was also the guy who led the Swiftboating of John Kerry back in 2004.
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> Truly a Renaissance douche.
Corsi always was, and always will be, a scumbag.
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### Author:  [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pope-catholic-jerome-corsi-questions-this-popes-catholicism/669209/80 "2013-11-27T19:06:17Z")
> [@Gedd](#):
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> But what’s his opinion on de-clawing cats?
Dunno, but he probably like soccer.
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