tahthetrickster:

Tweet from "@LepantoInst": "Like a Soviet-era dictator, and in a raw exercise of power without provision of law, Pope Francis has removed Bp. Joseph Strickland as bishop of Tyler, TX."

Beneath: "Readers added context they thought people might want to know"

"Misleading: implies irregularity or illegality under Catholic rule/Vatican law. The Catholic Church doctrine of papal supremacy is over 1000 years old. The Pope "has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered." Includes link to Vatican website for "Catechism of the Catholic Church," and a link to the Wikipedia page for "Papal Supremacy."ALT
Reply tweet from "@Emma506131772": "The pope has right to exercise his power unhindered lol
He's supreme legislator"

Reply tweet from "@LepantoInst": "Really? The Pope is a dictator who has the authority to exercise unlimited power without due process?"

Beneath: "Readers added context they thought people might want to know"

"Yes." Includes a link to the Wikipedia page for "Papal Supremacy" again.ALT

im fucking sobbing why did they kill him twice in a row in the community notes