no way the euros are going to let an upstart american in that position. a darky from a third world nation has a better chance, but ultimately it is going to be a euro fag.Originally Posted by Pharon
no way the euros are going to let an upstart american in that position. a darky from a third world nation has a better chance, but ultimately it is going to be a euro fag.
Depends on how serious they are about moving the church into the 20th century.
Supposedly it's some underground homosexual network in the Vatican that forced Benedict to resign.
Upstart? The guy is 68 years old.
Also, this is somewhat comforting:
He has settled 101 abuse claims and claims to have initiated a zero-tolerance policy against sexual abuse. He also instituted one of the first comprehensive sexual abuse policies in the Roman Catholic Church.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A...abuse_policies
So there's no way he becomes Pope, is what you're saying.
http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2013...e-live-updates
Ben Quinn
Thursday 28 Feb 2013, 12:24pm
As we close down the blog now, here is a summary of developments today:
• Benedict XVI has became the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate after flying from the Vatican to the pontiff's traditional Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo.
• In his final public address as pope, he pledged to continue working for the good of the church in his retirement. He told a packed piazza from the palace balcony that as of his retirement, "I am simply a pilgrim beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this Earth."
• As bells tolled, the Swiss Guards standing at attention in Castel Gandolfo shut the doors of the palazzo shortly after 8pm (local time), symbolically closing out the papacy.
• The shadow cast over the Catholic church by abuse scandals continued to be felt as a victim support group held a press conference metres from the walls of the Vatican City to ask the UN to censure the Vatican for failing to protect children from sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy.
• In an apparent attempt to defuse growing concerns that his abdication, Benedict pledged earlier his "unconditional reverence and obedience"to whoever succeeds him as head of the Roman Catholic church.
It seems to me that there are three interlocking difficulties for the church. There is crisis in the curia, the Vatican itself. There is a crisis in the clergy. And in the developed world, there is a crisis in the laity.
There is also a strategic problem in that the church must deal with the increasing militancy of Islam in the Middle East, and, beyond that, the rise of China and India. But that doesn't require new thinking, just the application of well-practised principles.
The problems of the laity and clergy are intertwined, and in the developed world their symptom is obvious: there are not enough of either, and both are ageing rapidly and sustained only by immigration from the south.
There is little that a pope can do directly about the problem of the shrinking laity, even in an age of global travel. Wherever he goes, he can draw vast crowds, but the interest and excitement subside when he has gone. The congregations continue to drain away.
With the departure of Benedict, Vatican tradition holds that his official papal ring should also be destroyed using a hammer.
Responsibility for smashing the ring, which shows St Peter fishing, is given to ‘camerlengo’ or chamberlain. On this occasion, that is Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State.
In case you're wondering though, the Pope's @Pontifex Twitter Account Is not shutting down... or at least, not yet.
Despite numerous reports that it would shut down upon his retirement today, Forbes reports that the account will live on for the time being, albeit in an inactive state.
Monsignor Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, told the magazine that the account will hibernate, not close, until the new pope is chosen.
“During the period between today and the election of new pope the account will be inactive,” he wrote in an email, “not shut down.”
The account, which has more than 1m followers, is tonight "Sede Vacante", an expression referring to the "vacant seat".
Last edited by BIG PIZZLE; 03-03-2013 at 02:49 PM.
WHITE SMOKE, NIGGAZ!!!
my money is on an italian pope.
in this era of obama it could be a darky.
Church bells are ringing in Milan even though there's been no official word. I think he's probably gonna be Italian.
are you in milan?
Sadly not but i'm watching the news and they are saying that one of the main contenders is from Milan and it's kinda ironic that all their bells seem to be ringing and none in any other major Italian city.
I'm guessing it is the Ghanan AB, as well. Because of the speed of the proceedings, it is likely one of the early front-runners.
are you a catholic?
My money is still on one of the italians. Although I must confess I would love to see an american if only for the arch lulz factor.
Is it me?
always
argentine
They still arent getting the Falklands back.
So old.
so he's german?
they will if you keep dismantling your navy.
yup
he'll still be second fiddle to Lionel Messi
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