“Sin is only mentioned three times in this document…. How is this a Church document?” Robert Royal Gerald Murray and I analyze Pope Leo’s new encyclical. See the full episode here:

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Pascendi Dominici gregis, the encyclical condemning modernism, doesn't even use the word "sin", this is such pathetic Ctrl+F theology lol, get a grip Ray and Rob

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 If this is the quality of the complaints against the encyclical, Pope Leo’s doing alright.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 "Sin" is only found twice in Rerum Novarum.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Wow. Papal documents have to pass a “sin” test. How tone deaf EWTN has become. Neo-Con Catholicism is dead…hell it arrived dead. Mother Angelica is so ashamed…..

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 St John Paul II, the great pope who helped bring down Communism, was the one who formalized the concept "structures of sin", which is described here as a "quasi-Marxist category."

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 The poor lost souls who count words as though maths it be, instead of actually reading and understanding any deep meaning into anything.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Ctrl + F has been a disaster for the human race

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Your MAGA love is showing Raymond. You and the papal posse are not presenting any of what Leo says in context and I wonder if you/they even read it. He never said a nation cannot defend itself, for example.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Why not add someone to the show on occasion who can defend papal teaching? If nothing else it would make your show less predictable

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 You guys do good self-parody

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 I'll give you credit, with this post you really call to mind the sin of pride.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 What are we doing here Raymond?

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 This document only says Jesus 53 times. How can we imagine this as a Papal document unless it says Jesus 54 times? And it only says the Holy Spirit 17 times. One would imagine at least 18...

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 It's not.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 This kind of criticism was allowed to fly with Pope Francis because even his defenders admitted he wasn’t always clear. It’s purely disingenuous doing this with Pope Leo now.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 What a stupid question. Raymond you’re getting more and more retarded with your dumb comments. You dishonor Mother Angelica with your disrespect for the Pope

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 I take the point, but a more sophisticated engagement of the encyclical would have addressed how sin emerges implicitly in the document, through the Tower of Babel language, for example

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Embarrassingly, there are tiktok users who do more serious journalism than this guy.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Francis nor Leo can match Pope Benedict XVI’s intelligence, courage or love of the Faith.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 L

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 How absurd. Get a grip. You've become worse than a supermarket tabloid.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Shame on both of you ignorant and perverse interviewer and interviewee

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Nothing like random laity thinking themselves equal to Father of the Church thinking they stand on firm ground while slandering the Vatican lol

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Respectfully, this is ridiculous analysis. The Holy Father and the Church deserve better.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Hey look it's the Perpetually Triggered Posse

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Why do you complain about every freaking thing?? Most of the Church - and even with good attention from the world - are tuned in to the wisdom from the Holy Father on how we should approach this moment with tech and AI. Mostly eager anticipation. And you're complaining again!

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 You're making a big mistake going in this direction.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Encapsulation of the Pharisaic tragedy of American Catholicism.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Sorry guys, you got so used to criticising Pope Francis you've forgotten how to treat a normal pope. And you're blinded by American political issues.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 When it comes to encyclicals, Leo’s not off to a stellar start…

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Maybe he just wasn't talking about sin much in this specific document.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 How many times is it mentioned in Rerum Novarum? Robert Royal is neither the vicar of Christ nor does he speak for me or my Church. Do better Raymond.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 He wrote a 42,000 word encyclical on the state of humanity. You typed “CTRL + F + sin” and think you’re better than him.

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 I don't know if the Holy Father mentioned mentioned pride, hubris or performative fossildom either. Is he losing his grip?

@RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 Literally looking for reasons to be mad and complain.