Forever Julian Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 You heard it here first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimsmusic™ Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AF89 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well he's got a few weeks to squeeze in some excommunications before leaving office In the meantime....Who's gonna get control of the Vatican ninjas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Wow, the pope steps down and yet the front page of the MSM is about who wore what at the grammies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Julian Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Wow, the pope steps down and yet the front page of the MSM is about who wore what at the grammies.Maybe because this country was founded by people trying to get away from the Catholics pope-less twin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuggle'2 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Maybe because this country was founded by people trying to get away from the Catholics pope-less twin?Okay that was kind of funny. Dam protestants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Maybe because this country was founded by people trying to get away from the Catholics pope-less twin?I doubt the average American would even know what religion the first Pilgrims were... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shc Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) Edited February 12, 2013 by shc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ethanga62890 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I doubt the average American would even know what religion the first Pilgrims were...Puritans.On topic. Who cares about the pope anymore? Congratulations for promoting pedophilia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 He would be a very, very good choice, for a lot of reasons. He's very pastoral, which might be the biggest.I'm just hopeful whoever it is maintains the theological depth that Pope Benedict had. From an Orthodox perspective, Benedict was a great Pope. Whoever ends up in his seat, it would be nice if they had the theological understanding and breadth of experience he had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Wow, the pope steps down and yet the front page of the MSM is about who wore what at the grammies.Actually, it was all over the news yesterday. Including the front page of your beloved foxnews.com. But yeah, nice try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nono Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I was thinking more along these lines for the new pope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Google Bot Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I was thinking more along these lines for the new popePlease stop trying to be funny. You're embarrassing yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrow69 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 i kould b tha pope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young mr. grace Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Being the Pope must be a job for retired men because I don't think there's even been a Pope under age 65. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JDaveG Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Being the Pope must be a job for retired men because I don't think there's even been a Pope under age 65.There have actually been several, including two who were teenagers when they were enthroned.Pope Leo X, who was Pope when the Reformation began, was 37 when he was enthroned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Being the Pope must be a job for retired men because I don't think there's even been a Pope under age 65.http://en.wikipedia....ope_Benedict_IXPope Benedict XI may have been as young as 11 when he became pope (though he was probably closer to 20)He also has the distinction of serving as pope twice (Edit:actually three times). I guess that makes him the Grover Clevland of Popes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Actually, it was all over the news yesterday. Including the front page of your beloved foxnews.com. But yeah, nice try.I don't go to foxnews, but glad to see you do. It was NOT on the front page of anything when it happened. They only started reporting it after finishing up with the grammies. The only way I even knew about it was from this forum. ..but keep on thinking that your beloved MsM has you informed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Beast Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) I am pretty certain the next pope will continue the great catholic tradition of homophobia, sexism and defending paedophiles.But I am not complaining. At the current speed of people leaving the church in Germany, there won´t be any catholics in 40 years. Not treating raped women in catholic hospitals (as it happened twice here in Germany) because it would mean to educate them about their options (the pill after, abortion) is just sickening... the more and sooner people leave the church, the better, so I really hope the next people will be as much of an idiot as Benedict was/is. Edited February 13, 2013 by Herr Beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 But I am not complaining. At the current speed of people leaving the church in Germany, there won´t be any catholics in 40 years. So if religion ceases to exist in Germany, does that mean there won't be any more weddings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Troutsky Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 i kould b tha popeI hear that all the standing and kneeling in Catholic mass is great for working out those lats. Is that true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Female Pattern Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Farewell to an Uninspiring Pope By JOHN PATRICK SHANLEYPOPE BENEDICT XVI quit. Good. He was utterly bereft of charm, tone-deaf and a protector of priests who abused children. He’d been a member of the Hitler Youth. In addition to this woeful résumé, he had no use for women.The Roman Catholic Church, which in so many ways has been a great boon to the City of New York, has been choked and bludgeoned into insignificance by a small group of men based in Italy.Priests cannot marry. Why? I will tell you why. Priests cannot marry because they would have to marry women. Women cannot be priests.Why? Women cannot become priests because of a bunch of old men. These old men justify their beliefs with a brace of ridiculous arguments that Jesus would have overturned in a minute. “Do unto others as you would have them do to you.” What about that is hard to understand? If you can become a priest, I can become a priest. Period. Equality.Benedict has not been idle. He has put in place a lot of other old guys who have no interest in sharing power with anyone outside the club. The last pope we had who showed signs of spiritual vision was John XXIII. That was a long time ago. He had humility and a good heart. These more recent appointments have been disheartening in the extreme.When I was a kid at St. Anthony’s in the Bronx (one of the schools that the archdiocese of New York is now closing), there were boxes for the poor. The people of the East Bronx worked hard and made little. Everybody put money in those boxes. I put money in those boxes. As far as I’m concerned, that money was stolen.I have watched the wealth of the Catholic Church turned into a subsidy for wrongdoing and a prop for the continuing campaign against women’s rights and homosexuality. Neighborhood churches, built with the hard-earned money of working-class people, are being sold off. The sacrifices that were made to build these churches were significant and local. The decision to close them has been made antiseptically, by remote control. The men who make these decisions are at a remove, very much involved in protecting their power and comfort.I have little reason to hope that the Church of Rome will suddenly realize that without women, the Catholic Church is doomed, and should be doomed. I think of those good nuns who educated me, of their lifelong devotion and sacrifice. They have been treated like cattle by a crowd of domineering fools. In Benedict, the Catholic Church got the pope it deserved. I can only hope, for the sake of my parents, who loved the church so much, that a miracle of divine grace alters the writing on the wall. If not, the Catholic Church will suffer the fate it deserves.John Patrick Shanley is the author of “Doubt” and other plays. Edited February 13, 2013 by Female Pattern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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