If you’re the third or fourth son in your family and you’re complaining about women and traditional family values know that traditionally you should be in a monastery.
People really went to see a movie called WEAPONS about how 17 little kids ceased to exist in the middle of an American anytown and the collective grief response of not knowing why young people are being taken from them and went, “wow, so a movie about NOTHING, cool”
Pope Francis made being Catholic less morally suffocating. This is heartbreaking news for the faithful, and for those like me who only slowly found their way to faith because someone at the helm reminded us that the Church could also be a place to breathe.