The Vatican sought to defend Pope Francis on Tuesday after he sparked fury in Ukraine by praising Russia’s imperial rulers — a history President Vladimir Putin has invoked to justify his ongoing war.
The Kremlin delighted in the controversy, which stemmed from comments the pontiff made to a group of young Russian Catholics urging them to see themselves as the heirs of a “great” empire.
“Don’t forget your heritage. You are the descendants of great Russia: the great Russia of saints, rulers, the great Russia of Peter I, Catherine II, that empire — educated, great culture and great humanity,” he told them in St. Petersburg by live video Friday.
No country is great, we’re all decadent apes squating in the corpse of our ancestors. We could be great, if we didn’t squander all of our time and resources fucking each other.
But… God’s on my side not theirs!
You know it’s just another monkey
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Were our ancestors any better?
Well, they were sustainable, but no. Not for 300,000 years.