Roman Catholic Church cardinals will file into the 15th-century Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to begin their secret election of a successor to retired Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinals under the voting-age limit of 80, totaling 115 are scheduled to begin their conclave at 4:30 p.m. in Rome after asking for God’s guidance at a mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. Read full article
I guess the one best-placed to be Pope (etc) will be the one who declares most loudly that buggery, sodomy, paedophilia, gun-crime, drug taking and drug-dealing are very, very wrong.
That's the easy bit.
What if he (she?) also sounds off for women-priests, women pontifs, contraception and abortion!
Ho, hum.... just a flight of fancy.
“Maybe we should just vote for a safe pair of hands; someone who won't let conscience get in the way of sound management of the books ”
@1 if you declare that loudly you'd be isolating yourself from pretty much every level of the catholic hierarchy from relic-shaker and golden mary idol polisher up to uber-pope warlock.
Considering the entire catholic seminary is renowned as being full of gay gentlemen then suggesting you dislike buggery and or sodomy would not be seen as singing from the required hymn sheet (pun intended).
While we're waiting, does anyone know if catholic priests use condoms when they're bumming? It would be curious if they were so against condom use and yet used them during their 'events'.
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI guess the one best-placed to be Pope (etc) will be the one who declares most loudly that buggery, sodomy, paedophilia, gun-crime, drug taking and drug-dealing are very, very wrong.
Mar 12th, 2013 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0That's the easy bit.
What if he (she?) also sounds off for women-priests, women pontifs, contraception and abortion!
Ho, hum.... just a flight of fancy.
“Maybe we should just vote for a safe pair of hands; someone who won't let conscience get in the way of sound management of the books ”
“White smoke, white smoke!”
@1 if you declare that loudly you'd be isolating yourself from pretty much every level of the catholic hierarchy from relic-shaker and golden mary idol polisher up to uber-pope warlock.
Mar 12th, 2013 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Considering the entire catholic seminary is renowned as being full of gay gentlemen then suggesting you dislike buggery and or sodomy would not be seen as singing from the required hymn sheet (pun intended).
one things certain,
Mar 12th, 2013 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0he will be catholic.
Is the Pope a Catholic!?
Mar 12th, 2013 - 08:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0At least a 'safe pair of hands' means that the there will be less of what the bears do in the woods.
well,
Mar 12th, 2013 - 08:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0some recken it might even be an asian pope,
i supose we will just have to wait.
While we're waiting, does anyone know if catholic priests use condoms when they're bumming? It would be curious if they were so against condom use and yet used them during their 'events'.
Mar 12th, 2013 - 08:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Controversy already about the new Pope and his association with the military junta:
Mar 14th, 2013 - 05:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://news.sky.com/story/1064535/pope-francis-and-argentinas-dirty-war
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