[sinkspur]

That's not what it said.

Of course not. It's what Pope Leo XIII said.

You ignore Popes when they pronounce on the legitimacy of democratic republics just like you ignore them when they prounounce on the baptism of desire.

You cafeteria catholic, you!

[pascendi]

"It's what Pope Leo XIII said."

That's not what he said.

[pascendi]

"You ignore Popes when they pronounce on the legitimacy of democratic republics..."

No pronouncement has been made.

"...just like you ignore them when they prounounce on the baptism of desire."

No pronouncement has been made.

Private interpretations on your part? Those have been made.

You go whip out Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae and read for yourself. For the first time, no doubt.

See for yourself if it don't wipe your Americanist be-hind.

Cafeteria quoters...