New Pope

greenwich · Post by **greenwich** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:40 am

The new Pope was just presented to the public...and he's 78 years old!

With all due respect to the Catholic Church, why such an old Pope? Pope John Paul II was virtually useless in his last 5-10 years as Pope due to his age...and now the new Pope's 78!

WTF

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flynbutcher · Post by **flynbutcher** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:44 am

It probably won't be another 26 years till we have another one.

Floats · Post by **Floats** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:34 pm

who cares

C-FOXY · Post by **C-FOXY** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:15 pm

Has there ever been a female Pope or is that just not how it goes?

TopperHarley · Post by **TopperHarley** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:22 pm

flynbutcher wrote:It probably won't be another 26 years till we have another one.

There will probably be a new Pope within 5-8 years. This guy is old (78), and this is one of the reasons why they chose him. They want to see shorter terms, as JP2 was in office for a very long time.

And no C-FOXY, there has never been a female Pope. Will the current Pope change their teachings on female ordination? I highly doubt it. Should they? That is another can of worms altogether! It will be interesting to see whether or not this Pope follows in JP2's footsteps- I think he will, as Ratzinger was JP2's closest man throughout most of his papacy.

KAG · Post by **KAG** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:25 pm

wassup FOXY hows the north treating you these days?
nope there has never been a female pope, nor will there be. The (orthodox) catholic church is about as sexist as it gets.

Cheers.

Tango01 · Post by **Tango01** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:27 pm

Shit, the last thing we need is a female pope.

C-FOXY · Post by **C-FOXY** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:45 pm

Haha.... I guess Popette really isn't a word!

KAG - the north is just great! Same old!! When ya coming to visit??

shitdisturber · Post by **shitdisturber** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:53 pm

The papacy has stayed away from women for hundreds of years. In fact Popes used to be married. One of the last, if not the last you may have heard of; his last name was Borgia, seems to me his daughter Lucretia achieved some local fame, coincidence?

SkyDog · Post by **SkyDog** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:06 pm

New pope used to be a Hitler youth. They say he's conservative.

TopperHarley · Post by **TopperHarley** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:02 am

SkyDog wrote:New pope used to be a Hitler youth. They say he's conservative.

"Schooled in the Nazis' power of rhetoric during his childhood in Bavaria, the Pope later deserted the German Army during World War II, only to be sent to a POW camp when the Allies reached his hometown."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/

CClub · Post by **CClub** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:44 am

SkyDog wrote:New pope used to be a Hitler youth. They say he's conservative.

At the time, every youth was required to be in the Hitler Youth.

Radial · Post by **Radial** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:27 am

He has very forward thinking ideologies

such as still not condoning the use of contraceptives ( I guess he'll take care of all the unwanted children and AIDS victims in Africa and elsewhere?),and how about this one! NO counselling for pregnant teens! Ha! That should really benefit society. Oh yes, don't forget this little doozie! "catholicism is the ONLY REAL religion" I heard this on the news last night and it seems some of his policies are a little outdated. I don't in any way wish to criticize anyone's religion but couldn't help thinking this guy may not be keeping up with the times!

w squared · Post by **w squared** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:43 am

Compared to this guy, JPII was positively left wing!

Icebound · Post by **Icebound** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:26 pm

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Big mistake to pick such a front-. with well-known views, especially one who has already wielded significant power on the organization for many years.

May be the way to pick a President or Prime Minister, but this is not supposed to be a political kind of office.

Good Popes are dragged in from the back-benches, kicking and screaming....more in tune with the human condition than with administrative process. If they need a Cardinal Ratzinger to do some dirty work for them, one will always surface.

Personally, I don't think Jesus would have made this choice.

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SoulTraveller · Post by **SoulTraveller** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:21 pm

I think the reason for the new pope being so old is that he's a puppet. Unfortunate but true. you take a look at those cardinals in their "expensive red suites" does this not scream politics? They "elected" a new pope in one day. Albeit they say through prayer but do you really think there is an honest ajenda among one of the world's most powerful and richest churches? It's like the president. You need someone on the front line who'll take the fall if and when @#$% starts to come down. It always does just a matter of when.

Icebound · Post by **Icebound** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:08 pm

SoulTraveller wrote:I think the reason for the new pope being so old is that he's a puppet. ....

If you read the bio on this guy, its a lot more likely that he has been pulling the strings all these past years. And that this election was a birthday present for all those years of running the show.

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:42 pm

He is quite evil looking.

Flap · Post by **Flap** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:21 pm

hazatude wrote:He is quite evil looking.

I second that.

TopperHarley · Post by **TopperHarley** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:23 pm

But Haz, so are you, and you seem to be quite a nice guy

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:08 pm

But I'm not the Pope....yet.

SoulTraveller · Post by **SoulTraveller** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:09 pm

well it will definetely be interesting to see where he takes the catholic religion in the next few years.

swede · Post by **swede** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:49 pm

[ Oh yes, don't forget this little doozie! "catholicism is the ONLY REAL religion"

Well, youve heard of the nwo havent you, well get ready for one of it's main planks, namely - one world religion, yahoo - gimme that ol time religion

KAG · Post by **KAG** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:54 pm

I saw his picture on the paper and thought "holy sh!t the guy looks evil"...and I thought I was the only one who thought that.

SoulTraveller · Post by **SoulTraveller** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:09 pm

I agree, he has quite the dark eyes. and not because it was bad ink.
As for being it's the only religion I find it funny that religions older than catholisim have a much humbler approach in that they are quite aware of others and even agree that it is important for all different kinds to be here. I think it's important for the catholic church to be here as I do for all others. But I also think that we are about to embark on a whole new era that is going to see history making changes. We live in modern society and if you don't move forward, well.....But I guess in the words of a wise man "we shall see what we shall see"