Give it up for Pope Benedict XVI

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Give it up for Pope Benedict XVI

Give what up? I like my things.

[Czar]

Let's not be misunderstood. I also am not a crust-core die-hard 6 church fan.Period.
(I wanted to use "but" in the last sentence, but I've got nothing really smart to say  )

C.

(damn this  Warning - while you were typing...)
I skipped 3 posts

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Heh. I was really curious about whether or not it would be a black pope (I hope the word doesn't offend, I just don't know which to use anymore Non-caucasian, at least). Isn't there some old prophecy or something that after the "travelling pope" (which most people consider John Paul II to have been) would come a black pope, and he'd be the devil's minion? Or something?

[Nacho]

Applause!!! Ich bin zu happy!!! Ja Ja! Ich bin Pope!

[Pumaman]

Quite frankly, I think it's downright irresponsible of them to elect somebody else who's going to preach against contraception.

[Ishmael]

I'll go with what Yuf and DS said, atleast sort of...

Glad we're not in the middle-age anymore

[Miez]

Glad we're not in the middle-age anymore

And what makes you so sure we've advanced a lot since then?

[Las Naranjas]

He'll probably appoint anohter 100 European cardinals from the die hard conservative ranks, and by his death, those 100 cardinals will be the last church going Catholics left on the continent, and so the Vatican will still fail to grasp their flock is all in the third world.

[shbaz]

Give it up for Pope Benedict XVI

Well, I guess there's only one way to give it up for a Catholic leader:

[Peter Thomas]

I'm not too fussed about the new pope to say the least, but he's not going to come crashing on my door anytime soon. Fortunately he doesn't have the power to introduce new laws and whatnot. And regardless of what I think, he is the new Pope.

The big question for me is why don't they use their real name? I only found out a couple of months ago that Pope John Paul wasn't John Paul at all, and that totally floored me. And now this Joseph (Josef/Yoseph/However those darned deutchies spell it) is called Benedict. Why?

[En garde!]

Well, until, like, fifty years ago, catholic mass was still in latin. Wich is still alive in the vatican. So tradition says that new Popes have to be "reborn" and choose new names, in latin.

I am not a religious guy, but I do live in a catholic country. Unfortunately there are actual political parties very much entangled with the catholic church, wich means that they will vote against things like steam cell research just because the guy in the robe says so. So yeah, I'm not happy.

Ratzinger is VERY hardcore conservative. His problem is not just gays and contraceptives (noone was expecting a very revolutionary pope or anything) but he actually wrote articles stating that the only way to salvation is the catholic church (and all other religions will condemn you. I kid you not) or against interconfesional dialogue.

Oh, well, we'll see.

[Peter Thomas]

Please don't hate me for finding this funny...

[edmundito]

That's an old one... I did this one for Fark once:

"What is thy bidding, my master?"

[Miez]

Please don't hate me for finding this funny...
{ picture of Benedictus the hardline pope and Emperor wossname, Darth Vader's buddy - as seen above }

Aaargh ... that is uncanny! :o They look a freakish lot like each other.

[magintz]

What does the pope actually do? He can't do that much except visit places, and read things.

[Kinoko]

Please don't hate me for finding this funny...

I did an enormous open-mouthed laugh when I saw that... so, I guess people can blame me too.

I remember the very first thing I thought and said when I saw this new guy - "Evil! He looks evil!". Then I heard about what a conservative dick he is. Like someone said, I wasn't expective a black, gay pope or anything, but it's like we've gone back several steps. I hope this one dies rather soon, to be quite honest, or at least stays out of the news.

In his defense, I read that he was a real rebel, non-conformist during his Hitler Youth days, so I don't think he was ever a supporter.

[En garde!]

What does the pope actually do? He can't do that much except visit places, and read things.

He actually is the ruler of his own country, the Vatican (of course, its population is less than 1000 people, every single one of them male, but it is a country, nonetheless)

And, as I said, he will affect those of us who live in predominantly catholic countries, simply because some political parties tend to go for the catholic vote, and therefore will impose legislations solely based on what this guy will say, from advocating censorship to stopping stem cell research.

[Blackthorne]

At least he gets a sweet ride.



Sigh.


Bt

[jetxl]

He actually is the ruler of his own country, the Vatican (of course, its population is less than 1000 people, every single one of them male, but it is a country, nonetheless)

Hey, don't forget the nuns.
You can't have a good party without nuns. Bachelor party that is.

[Miez]

What does the pope actually do? He can't do that much except visit places, and read things.

Well ... he rules the empire obviously. And tries to destroy all Jedi. And cackles a lot.