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afavour ◴[] No.43929124[source]
> "Cardinal George of Chicago, of happy memory, was one of my great mentors, and he said: 'Look, until America goes into political decline, there won't be an American pope.' And his point was, if America is kind of running the world politically, culturally, economically, they don't want America running the world religiously. So, I think there's some truth to that, that we're such a superpower and so dominant, they don't wanna give us, also, control over the church."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-could-it-be-american-c...

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refurb ◴[] No.43932802[source]
It’s funny seeing people talk about the decline of America. I can remember the same conversations in the 1970’s, late 2000’s as well.
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kashunstva ◴[] No.43933034[source]
> I can remember the same conversations…

Do you remember a president from those eras who when asked whether he believed that he was duty bound to uphold the Constitution answered “I don’t know.”?

> It’s funny seeing people talk about the decline of America.

Funny? I’d rather say it’s pretty sad.

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1. derektank ◴[] No.43934058{3}[source]
Nixon said many things that were nearly as offensive to the rule of law and separation of powers as outlined in the constitution, even if they weren't as ignorant as anything Trump has said