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Pope Francis the Insulter Preaches Against Insults

Insulting is “a way of killing”, said Pope Francis in his October 17 general audience. He added that it would be wonderful if each of us could say: “I will never insult anyone.” In June 2016, Francis …More
Insulting is “a way of killing”, said Pope Francis in his October 17 general audience. He added that it would be wonderful if each of us could say: “I will never insult anyone.” In June 2016, Francis admitted that “we have a very creative vocabulary for insulting others”.
Francis may not be aware that there is a special webpage, PopeFrancisBookOfInsults.blogspot.com, that collects the hundreds of insults he has used during his pontificate. Among them are:
Rigid, superficial, ideological or vagabond Christians
Long-faced, mournful funeral Christian
Mummified Christians
Old maid
Fomenter of coprophagia
Rosary counter Self-absorbed Promethean neo-Pelagian Restorationist Triumphalist Slaves of superficiality Museum mummy Renaissance prince Airport Bishop Leprous courtier Careerist Bishop Sourpuss Pickled pepper-faced Christian Little monster Creed-reciting, parrot Christian Inquisitorial beater Abstract ideologue Smarmy, idolator priest Moralistic quibbler Faraway contemplative They have …More
Jungerheld
..."Faraway contemplative" also sounds pretty good.