Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift from God'

This seems consistent with what I learned in CCD and Catholic school in the 90s-00s. We were always told that sexual pleasure was increased in a marriage and a sign of god blessing the marriage, whereas sexual pleasure outside of a marriage was cheap and damaging.

Edit: side note, I didn’t think this fucked me up until I got married and realized I’d felt ashamed every other time I’d had sex. I never believed in god, and this is pretty obviously trying to steer behavior, so I thought I was unaffected, but it’s still a brain virus

Being ashamed of and being shamed for sex has permeated into society, no one is completely immune to it.
- It’s pretty common, but I’ve always been very sex positive, with zero shame about nudity or bodily functions. I don’t notice any shame since I got married ¯(ツ)/¯
  Of course, I didn’t think there was any beforehand, so who knows
- I don't think this true, orientation certainly but I can't imagine being shamed for or ashamed of sex
I'm old, and I'm still discovering ways a fundamentalist upbringing fucked me up.
Yeah, nothing special here
Do Catholics wank?
- Does the Pope shit in the woods?

I don't know why the headline made me Imagine the Pope getting really excited and calling all his homies in cause he found out what sex is

"Brothers, look, we had it wrong this whole time. It says 'Celebrate'!"

Me learning about masturbation for the first time: 😳

The priest showing me: 🤫

h-h--hh--hholy shit 💀

That would be doctrinal breaktrough, but the long strings of popes saying whatever they find convenient at the moment tuned the formal requirements for pope to be infallible pretty high. And i won't even mention that whatever cool thing Francis ever said as a pope have exactly zero influence on church reality.

That would be doctrinal breaktrough
No it wouldn't. This is a standard way of talking about marriage in oppressive religions, including Catholicism
- So by "relationships" he just meant "marriage" as church always did? It's clear from the context he is not, since lower there is mentions of "same-sex relationships", not to mention even the word itself suggest any something wider.

“So are little boys!” — the clergy

Or is it the result of years of evolution to increase reproduction?

I guess we're all God's ~~pets~~ children and He wants us to keep reproducing. Evolution is compatible with believing in God. Now why He put my g spot inaide my ass can only be proof of His immense sense of humour.
Theistic evolution believers: why not both

So is the pope speaking for/to God or not? Fucking Religions can't even be consistent within their own made up framework.

If he's standing it's his own words.
If he's sitting on his "throne" then it's the word of God and the Pope is infallible.
Doesn't make any sense rationally, but that's how they differentiate.
He can say this progressive stuff while standing and it just pisses conservative Catholics off.
If he does it "from the throne" we'll likely see a formal split and conservative Catholics may even nominate their own Pope and officially split.
- So, as with any other person, when "on the throne" more shit comes out?
- Is this actually true?
Fucking Religions can't even be consistent within their own made up framework.
Speak for Christianity, don't drag us with it.
- No, they’re all full of shit

I wonder if the choir boys feel the same way

IIRC Song of songs is all about s3x or the pleasure of it. I struggled when i first read it back when i was still one of them.

@zephyreks Yeah, right. Claim it for God when I work so hard for it!

UNLESS...

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, who was appointed last July, came under fire for a book he wrote and published in the late 1990s entitled Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality.

The Pope had already tackled the vice of gluttony last week and there was no suggestion that his sermon on lust during Wednesday's general audience was related to criticism of the cardinal.

In December, Cardinal Fernández introduced a text, later approved by Pope Francis, detailing guidelines allowing priests to bless same-sex couples relationships that were still considered sinful.

In a lengthy response posted online, Cardinal Müller said that a priest blessing a homosexual union would be committing a "sacrilegious and blasphemous act".

Prelates around the world also released statements condemning the decision, including American conservatives, who have long been vocal in opposing the Pope's plans for reforming the Catholic Church.

Tensions reached a nadir when the Pope evicted outspoken critic US Cardinal Raymond Burke from his Vatican apartment and revoked his salary.

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Pretty sure sexual pleasure is the result of friction, nerve endings, a bunch of neuro-chemicals, and a whole lot of fetishes. If anyone is letting us enjoy sexual pleasure, it’s the other department.

Friction. 🤮 No. NO.
- Lubricated friction is still friction, but hey, whatever floats your boat I guess.
- Hate to break it to you, but friction is literally what causes most of the sensation to be felt. Too much friction seems to be what you're thinking of
- Haven’t you heard the phrase “there were sparks between them”?
- I mean, you want low friction, not no friction

Catholic Church: Molesting Children via Godly Decree™

Stop trying to justify molesting children.

Bro out of all the people of the churches in the world, I really think pope Francis is the last person to bring this point on...
- Yeah, a real leader among leaders.
  The Catholic Church has protected pedophiles among their ranks for as long as the Catholic Church has been around.
  They've thrown a few under the bus after overwhelming evidence has been filed against them, but that doesn't change much.

That doesn't mean you can diddle kids you weirdo

Ah yes that's obviously what he said