Texas Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 At least the new pope weren't O'Malley or Dolan, the two Americans. Then twitter and Facebook would have blown up even more had that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Pope Emperor Palpatine is out. Pope Jonathan Pryce is in! Look for the new Pope playing the American President in GI Joe Retaliation, in theaters March 29! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 And Francis I is a Jesuit (ahem, finished my high school at a Jesuit university...and he took the name of a beloved city...San Francisco!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsh Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Heheh. Just got this text from my (Chilean) partner: "Argentinian Pope, eh? The Argies are gonna get big heads now ... and the Chileans will get very shitty!!!" A Peruvian friend of mine just said the same when I asked her whether she's proud that now there's the first South American Pope. The Argentinians seem to be truly popular among their fellow South Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 ^^According to some here, this thing about all South America rivalry with Argentines is something stupid that happens only at my head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 The best of Brazilian jokes over the Argentine Pope: "Take care, Brazilians, if you say **** about Argentina, all of you will go to Hell!" "Since the Pope is now Argentine, the Brazilian Catholic Church is allowing you to convert yourself to any of these options: Gospel, Pentecostal, Orthodox, Buddhist, Esotherical, Jewish, Muslim, Atheist, Vegan or Jedi" -Hi! "I knew it" Finally, "yes, Christ is a bit Argentine today" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 ^^According to some here, this thing about all South America rivalry with Argentines is something stupid that happens only at my head... Oh, I've always been aware of the "fond regard" Chilenos and Argentinos have for each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 A couple more: - Sir, we had agreed to choose a Brazilian Pope, right? - So... The capital of Brazil is not Buenos Aires? - Now, you may score goals with hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 He will be very popular with America's ever growing Latino Population.....the same Latino population that voted against Mitt Romney en masse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 He seems like a common man. He is fairly old, so it will be a short Papacy. I loved his speech. And speaking of the Argentina-South America rivalry. This year's World Youth Day is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Oh, I've always been aware of the "fond regard" Chilenos and Argentinos have for each other! Just like Australia and New Zealand eh Rols.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Italian bishops fete wrong pope MILAN, Italy (AP) — Italian bishops were quick to congratulate the new pope. Too quick: They got the wrong man. The Italian Bishops' Conference Wednesday sent a congratulatory email to one of their own, Milan Cardinal Scola — tipped as a hot conclave favorite. They quickly corrected themselves and issued a new message to the real winner, Argentine Jorge Bergoglio. Conventional wisdom had it that a quick result — and this conclave was quick, with the white smoke coming on just the second day — could only mean consensus had built around a top name. Churches in Milan also seem to have gotten it wrong: They sent bells pealing shortly before the announcement "Habemus Papam!" — "We have a pope!" Once again, the old adage holds: Enter the conclave a pope, leave a cardinal. AP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 well,if some reports are to be believed. Bergogli was the Madrid of 2005. He came in second to Rattzinger. So, Madrid might still have a chance in September. After all, it will be held in Argentina!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 He seems like a common man. He is fairly old, so it will be a short Papacy. I loved his speech. And speaking of the Argentina-South America rivalry. This year's World Youth Day is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I'm sure the Catholics of Brazil will welcome the Pope warmly. Not much as John Paul II, but I'm sure Pope Francis will have a nice time around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 And now the allegations of involvment in the Dirty War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 /\/\ So he went from being a Blue State cardinal to a Red State cardinal? Is that what u are implying?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 And now the allegations of involvment in the Dirty War. It couldn't be helped. More than half of argentinans are very resentful of church because most of priests supported the witch hunt against commies and even helped during the infamous babies kidnaps. So it was bound to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 It couldn't be helped. More than half of argentinans are very resentful of church because most of priests supported the witch hunt against commies and even helped during the infamous babies kidnaps. So it was bound to happen. The Church was right then. No excuse for the commies & the lefties and pinkos. Communism is a failed ideology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 The Church was right then. No excuse for the commies & the lefties and pinkos. Communism is a failed ideology. So you support the torture and murder of political opponents just because a regime was too paranoid and incapable of dealing with them in a more civilised and humane way? I certainly hope you don't really know what you are talking about - because if you did, that would be a very appalling mindset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 By the way: I don't support Communism either, not at all. But I'm also a fervent opponent of violence, especially in the political context. Communism, as history has proven, has mainly killed itself - so it was absolutely unnecessary to kill or torture Communists anyway. And additionally: I'm a Social Democrat, so someone who you Americans might define as a "leftie" or even "pinko" (when quite many in your country label already your President as "socialist"). So I wonder whether you wish me death or torture as well? And with me, millions of Social Democrats around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 By the way: I don't support Communism either, not at all. But I'm also a fervent opponent of violence, especially in the political context. Communism, as history has proven, has mainly killed itself - 1. so it was absolutely unnecessary to kill or torture Communists anyway. And additionally: (2) I'm a Social Democrat, so someone who you Americans might define as a "leftie" or even "pinko" (when quite many in your country label already your President as "socialist"). So I wonder whether you wish me death or torture as well? And with me, millions of Social Democrats around the world. 1. Well, that's 20-20 hindsight. 2. No, I don't wish you ill. U're just taking this thing too seriously. Stop being paranoid about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 So you really approve dealing with Communists by torturing and/or killing them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Of course he doesn't. Baron was trying to "do a funny". Anyway, was it really beyond the Church to pick a candidate who doesn't have a murky past? Or does such a man not exist within the Conclave? As long as Pope Frankie stays out of our politics and doesn't get a taxpayer funded trip to our shores, then he's a step up from the last chap. I hope the faithful are happy anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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