dubai_phil Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Ah so that's why Bearsy's posts were being ghosted. He was off getting his new job over in Rome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Well they got one, the cardinals obviously wanted to get out of there in time to get down the pub and watch the bayern / arsenal game. Nothing like a hard time deadline to get a concensus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 LOL at The Vatican following SFC's lead and appoining an Argie. NC has influence in high places indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Betting of the Vatican declaring the Falklands to be argie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 A 76 year old Argie Jesuit who has said that adoption by gay couples is 'discrimination against children'. A truly progressive appointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 ROFL at Sky News taking 10 minutes to work out his name. I'm rubbish at languages but still spotted the Francesco bit when the Frog in Red had his big moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 So Robbie coltraine did not get the gig.its a shame has he was good in nuns on the run:) Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie66 Posted 13 March, 2013 Share Posted 13 March, 2013 Apparently the new Pope will eliminate all paedophile Priests. Permit marriage for the Clergy.Make contraception compulsory for all Catholics and distribute all the wealth hoarded by the Vatican over the years to the poor. Unfortunately he might be accussed of taking Christianity too far !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 So they pick an old bloke who is too old to do the job to replace an old bloke who had to retire because he was too old to do the job. Who says the catholic church has a PR problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToreSF Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 He has taken name after Francis Benali. Nice gesture, but not sure how Cortese will react to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 So they pick an old bloke who is too old to do the job to replace an old bloke who had to retire because he was too old to do the job. Who says the catholic church has a PR problem? Was never really about that though. A lot of reports that I've read suggest that Benedict resigned because it also clears the Curia out ( much like an incoming President ). All sorts of stories coming out of Italy at the moment, including my personal favourite, which is how the Vatican came to own the world's largest gay sauna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 So an increasingly irrelevant imaginary friend-based sect has chosen a new representative to wear some fancy robes, stand behind some bullet-proof glass waving, and make hypocritical claims of moral authority based on the ancient scribblings of a warmongering desert tribe. Whoop-de-do! Does it really need this much media attention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 So an increasingly irrelevant imaginary friend-based sect has chosen a new representative to wear some fancy robes, stand behind some bullet-proof glass waving, and make hypocritical claims of moral authority based on the ancient scribblings of a warmongering desert tribe. Whoop-de-do! Does it really need this much media attention? Considering there are 1.2bn Catholics, many of whom care a great deal what the Pope says, I think it does! I am no Catholic, but the Pope is a man of great influence, so we probably shouldn't just dismiss him as a nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Genuine question - what does the pope actually do? what is his job description? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Genuine question - what does the pope actually do? what is his job description? For somebody that think he's so irrelevant you dont have get yourself upset about it. Why do you care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Genuine question - what does the pope actually do? what is his job description? Why do you care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Genuine question - what does the pope actually do? what is his job description? He speaks to god! Obviously god is a bit like Baj and he hasn't got time to speak to every dumb poster on here, so what he does is have mods (cardinals) who tell everyone what to do and how much of the breast they can actually post and what is the permissible level of trolling allowed before infractions are handed out (floods and plagues for god). The thing is there are also loads of mods (cardinals) so god needs a main man - like the pope/Charlet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint 76er Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Since our beloved football team are indeed "The Saints" and our manager is Argentinian, does this now elevate our status under God's all seeing benevolence and mean that unfortunate incidents such as Saturday's disgraceful penalty saga will now become a thing of the past and that maybe even Jos and Fox will become an impassible left sided barrier? These do seem reasonable enough requests to such a higher deity ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Genuine question - what does the pope actually do? what is his job description? Keeping millions of people enslaved to a book, once they wise up move on to some other more gullible Countries.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 He speaks to god! Obviously god is a bit like Baj and he hasn't got time to speak to every dumb poster on here, so what he does is have mods (cardinals) who tell everyone what to do and how much of the breast they can actually post and what is the permissible level of trolling allowed before infractions are handed out (floods and plagues for god). The thing is there are also loads of mods (cardinals) so god needs a main man - like the pope/Charlet Other churches and denominations I have lots of time for, I should be a Catholic but the arrogance of a priest and the church acting as a conduit between someones faith and God is ridiculous. The absolution of sins I have an issue with. The sanctity of the confession. The last rites. Use of condoms and safe sex. And many many many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 He's supposed to be politically more progressive and left-wing, but takes a very hard line on sexuality. No more progress on homosexuality and condoms in the church until this one dies then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 He's supposed to be politically more progressive and left-wing, but takes a very hard line on sexuality. No more progress on homosexuality and condoms in the church until this one dies then... They said on the news last night this new one is said to ask for respect for gay people. Considering most church folk call them perverted, this is something of progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 He's supposed to be politically more progressive and left-wing, but takes a very hard line on sexuality. No more progress on homosexuality and condoms in the church until this one dies then... Such a shame, the condom issue is so important as well, and if the new Pope doesn't signal a change a lot more people will die. I don't see how the regressive hole can be gotten out of though. The Pope selects the Cardinals, and from what is reported the Cardinals appointed by Benedict reflected his views and so on and so forth, so I don't really see how a Pope with reasonable views on contraception will ever be selected soon :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Such a shame, the condom issue is so important as well, and if the new Pope doesn't signal a change a lot more people will die. I don't see how the regressive hole can be gotten out of though. The Pope selects the Cardinals, and from what is reported the Cardinals appointed by Benedict reflected his views and so on and so forth, so I don't really see how a Pope with reasonable views on contraception will ever be selected soon :/ The thing is, religion is inherently unreasonable. Catholicism is based on a 2000 year old book, which was decreed by people that claim to have spoken to god. When these people believe the world is 6,000 years old, and the entire human race is related to Adam & Eve, asking for reasonable views may be a stretch too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 [quote=KelvinsRightGlove;1644800 When these people believe the world is 6,000 years old, and the entire human race is related to Adam & Eve, asking for reasonable views may be a stretch too far. The only people who believe in that are the fundamentalists - it isn't Catholic doctrine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Use of condoms. i actually think their position on condoms is v.laudable. I don't like them either. I'm quite often pretending to be Catholic when my well known "latex allergy" is falling on deaf ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Hope he has got his BFH he looks like Jim Bowen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 Such a shame, the condom issue is so important as well, and if the new Pope doesn't signal a change a lot more people will die. I don't see how the regressive hole can be gotten out of though. The Pope selects the Cardinals, and from what is reported the Cardinals appointed by Benedict reflected his views and so on and so forth, so I don't really see how a Pope with reasonable views on contraception will ever be selected soon :/ I presume that you are blaming the Church for the spread of AIDs? Actually that doesn't really stack up - the Church condemns sleeping with multiple partners and people don't listen to that so why do you then expect them to follow dutifully its teaching on condoms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sanchez Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 I presume that you are blaming the Church for the spread of AIDs? Actually that doesn't really stack up - the Church condemns sleeping with multiple partners and people don't listen to that so why do you then expect them to follow dutifully its teaching on condoms? It equally loves them in the Churches on Sundays though, no sinners? No sinners to absolve. Its simply a numbers game of more Catholics born and more for the Church in the 3rd World, great that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 14 March, 2013 Share Posted 14 March, 2013 I presume that you are blaming the Church for the spread of AIDs? Actually that doesn't really stack up - the Church condemns sleeping with multiple partners and people don't listen to that so why do you then expect them to follow dutifully its teaching on condoms? I think the point is that generally people find it difficult to abstinate (just ask Cardinal O'Brien!) and so will have sex but the Church restrict access to condoms and so they have unprotected sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 15 March, 2013 Share Posted 15 March, 2013 Sounds like Boruc will need to get a new Tshirt done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Nick Posted 18 March, 2013 Share Posted 18 March, 2013 He Roots for ‘the Saints,’ on the Soccer Field and Off http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/world/americas/pope-francis-fan-of-saints-on-soccer-field-and-off.html?ref=europe&_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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