Cardinals begin conclave Tuesday for new Pope; demands for more transparency

Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 04:32 UTC

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Catholic cardinals gathered in Rome voted Friday to begin the conclave, to elect a new pope next Tuesday afternoon, the Vatican said. The 115 cardinal-electors taking part in the conclave will enter the closed-door process after a morning Mass and only cardinals younger than 80 are eligible to vote. Read full article

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Britworker
Yes, we would have had a representative from north of the border joining you, he is however somewhat indisposed, due to having been outed as a sex offender and he ran off to avoid the shame.
Hypocrites the lot of them!
Mar 09th, 2013 - 07:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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andy65
Send MAXIMO KIRCHER for POPE he as a lot in common with some of those Cardinals
Mar 09th, 2013 - 12:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
If a politician can be jailed and lose his career for a minor motor speed offence,
then priests/cardinals/popes should suffer no less for sodomy/buggery through the power of their position and paedophilia.

Excommunication should be an automatic part of the package because of the special position of priests/cardinals/popes.

There should be NO WAY OUT for these totally evil and totally corrupt individuals.
Mar 09th, 2013 - 04:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Regretabbly, as there is no god and therefore no hell, these animals that prey on young people under their care should be jailed for many, many years.

Excommunication is no punishment; being locked up with a bunch of hardened sexual offenders who would take delight in shagging them to death is.

It is the least they deserve.
Mar 09th, 2013 - 05:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
It seems these people are just itching for the people to turn against them,

Still,
If they make the next pope an Argentinean what possible harm would it do ,

Except ruin what is already being ruined anyway.

Go on make our day..

just a holy thought .
Mar 09th, 2013 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
Hope they don't elect that Argie pro-junta Cristina hater, can't remember his ame but I saw about him on C4 News and thought he'd be the worst choice. Cardinal Turkson from Ghana, the frontrunner in some bookies' tallies, seems a good guy, he's written some interesting stuff on inequality...
Mar 10th, 2013 - 03:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Britworker
Who cares, the civilised world are rejecting the Catholic Church in their droves because the penny has finally dropped and we understand what they are all about. Their congregation is still growing in the developing world, mostly because they are the only alternative to being a Muslim. When all sensible people reject these religions, they will only be followed by fanatics.
Mar 10th, 2013 - 08:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
It's hard to see what Catholicism can do to reverse the tsunami of happi-clappi exhotative Christian/Evangelical sects that come from the USA and are overtaking South America.

Priest by his BMW “Give me half of everything you earn, and I will show you the way to heaven.”
Casiero with his rusty bicycle “But I will not have enough to support my family!”
“So, give me more than half, and your family will get to heaven quicker.”
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