Lost In Xanadu Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130313141933-02-white-smoke-pope-0313-c1-main.jpg Not a religion discussion, just stating the fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndseyG Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 White smoke = new Pope in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 http://aetherbunny.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/rejoicing.gif And there was much rejoicing..... ;) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) ARGENTINE CARDINAL JORGE BERGOGLIA ELECTED POPE, WILL BE KNOWN AS POPE FRANCIShttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Card._Jorge_Bergoglio_SJ%2C_2008.jpg/220px-Card._Jorge_Bergoglio_SJ%2C_2008.jpg Edited March 13, 2013 by Lost In Xanadu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you. Lighten up, Francis. Edited March 13, 2013 by Lost In Xanadu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 The lemmings in the square go wild as the church trots out another old relic. :| :zzz: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalyticalEngine Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Another old white guy? How shocking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 76 years old? Another interim guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 76 years old? Another interim guy?He was probably the youngest of the old school Catholics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Another old white guy? How shocking...He may be old, and he may be white, but... uh... what was the third thing you said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 He's an Italian who grew up in Argentina. He lived in an apartment, and rode the bus. He is a Pope of the people. I love the choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 First Jesuit pope. Interesting choice. Jesuits are pretty rock'n'roll. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 He's an Italian who grew up in Argentina. He lived in an apartment, and rode the bus. He is a Pope of the people. I love the choice. anti-gay and anti-abortion. do i love the new pope? nope. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) He's an Italian who grew up in Argentina. He lived in an apartment, and rode the bus. He is a Pope of the people. I love the choice. anti-gay and anti-abortion. do i love the new pope? nope. What did you expect? Changes like that take a while - maybe in 40-50 more years when all the old school guys aren't around to vote. Edited March 13, 2013 by Lost In Xanadu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 He's an Italian who grew up in Argentina. He lived in an apartment, and rode the bus. He is a Pope of the people. I love the choice. anti-gay and anti-abortion. do i love the new pope? nope. What did you expect? Changes like that take a while - maybe in 40-50 more years when all the old school guys aren't around to vote. hopefully a lot less years than that, but i hear ya... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 He came second to Ratzinger in the 2005 vote, so it's basically the runner up from last time filling in for the guy who had to pull out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I'm surprised non-Catholics show such an interest in this ancient tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I'm surprised non-Catholics show such an interest in this ancient tradition. It's precisely that reason. An ancient tradition, people love that shit. And it's a Christian church, it's always interesting to see what your neighbours are up to. I'm a severely lapsed Cafferlick and I watched the Argie leaving the Big Brother house. Did it move me? No. Did I enjoy the pomp and ceremony. Yes. As I would Cirque Du Soleil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I'm surprised non-Catholics show such an interest in this ancient tradition. It's precisely that reason. An ancient tradition, people love that shit. And it's a Christian church, it's always interesting to see what your neighbours are up to. I'm a severely lapsed Cafferlick and I watched the Argie leaving the Big Brother house. Did it move me? No. Did I enjoy the pomp and ceremony. Yes. As I would Cirque Du Soleil. Yeah but this is all over every TV channel etc, meanwhile no one outside of devout baptists knows or cares who the leader of the baptist church is or Lutherans or Mormons. I have no idea who those people are, do they even have leaders? I suppose they do. Even the church of England guy is a mystery to me. Is it still that weird Welshie with the bad beard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndseyG Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I'm guessing this may come across as a silly question and I really don't mean any offence to anyone, but... Why are they so old before they get to the top spot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Because they don't want another pope to last 27 years like John-Paul II. Like every leader behind him is a faceless elite who pull the strings of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndseyG Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Right... Ok. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hope for Pope by Dr. Seuss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) I'm surprised non-Catholics show such an interest in this ancient tradition. it's because there are over 1 billion catholics in the world, and what the pope says has a tremendous impact on many of those people's lives, because many of them don't take his words as opinions, but as religious doctrine. and those 1 billion people effect the rest of the world. his words and actions have an enormous influence in the world, and that's a lot of power for one person to have. Edited March 13, 2013 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Another old white guy? How shocking... but he looks more pleasant than Benedict :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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