Comments on: Popen Thread

By: Sasha Clarkson

Sasha Clarkson — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:23:39 +0000

The Star Wars parody ‘A New Pope’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP1rmsCPbQU

By: NomadUK

NomadUK — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:24:03 +0000

I know nothing about Peter Turkson, who seems to be up among the favourites Well, here you go.

By: Gene O'Grady

Gene O'Grady — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:05:27 +0000

C’mon, Annie, the one thing I really liked about his predecessor was that his Italian was easy for me to understand. And, unfortunately, often with appalling content.

On the other hand, the three finest male speaking voices I ever heard live were (in chronological order) Muhammed Ali, John Paul II, and Richard Burton.

By: j_30

j_30 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:06:01 +0000

He was an anachronism from day one… out of time…. out of place. His hollow pontificating and weird reactionary ways just added to the impression of someone chronically out-of-touch. At times he managed to outright alienate as with the Regensberg insult-speech. He functioned best in darkened rooms planning elaborate cover-ups.

By: annie

annie — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:13:15 +0000

i’ll be happy not hearing his german-accented italian anymore.

By: Gene O'Grady

Gene O'Grady — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:47:40 +0000

faustusnotes, I’m pretty sure Victor Hanson is not a Catholic. If that helps. Even if he had been I doubt he’d have lasted with the Church as it is in the Central Valley.

By: Skeptic

Skeptic — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:21:47 +0000

@ Maria 77,
Right, new pope would not be from official Catholic church in China, but rather from the underground catholic church there. There are Cardinals “in pectore” (secret) there.

By: DRR7

DRR7 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:46:12 +0000

I have no sincere religious belief, and am not catholic anyways but I kind of liked Ratzinger. JPII seemed to rule the church on charisma alone, not surprising given his theatrical background, but never struck me as a man of deep thought. I’ve never read “Theology of the Body” but the consensus opinion of Catholics I know is that it’s dreadful.

I read the first part of Ratzinger’s ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ project a few years ago & was impressed with both his knowledge of work of various protestant theologians (mostly German) & the fact that he seemed very familiar with the currents of continental philosophy. Also he speaks beautiful French.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:35:03 +0000

Ambrose was an unbaptized layman when he was elected Bishop of Milan. He was baptized, ordained and consecrated in quick succession.

One of the more notable fathers of the Church, except for his rabid anti-Semitism.

By: burritoboy

burritoboy — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:41:43 +0000

“It’s come close in this one though. One of the Medicis perhaps? Priest, Cardinal and Pope all in a day or two?”

Leo X wasn’t a priest (he was actually a Cardinal Deacon) when he became Pope. He was 0bviously already Catholic and already a Cardinal at the time of his election (indeed, he had been a Cardinal for more than twenty years by then) and had been in holy orders since the age of seven. He thus was ordained as a priest and then as Bishop of Rome on the same day.

By: Herman

Herman — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:57:47 +0000

@ keir #57
“Could an artificial intelligence be Pope?”

The question is: Could a natural intelligence?

By: chris y

chris y — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:13:43 +0000

I always rather liked the fact that Sikhs appointed a book as their leader.

In Graftonism, the succession of the prophets to date is from “A is for Alibi” to “V is for Vengeance”. The faithful await the coming of the foretold “Z is for ????” which will usher in the end times.

By: Steve LaBonne

Steve LaBonne — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:20:49 +0000

If an inanimate object can be Pope, I suggest a Shiva linga. Checks the Asian box and is appropriate symbolism for the clergy’s principal avocation.

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:08:42 +0000

Josh G: ” But they will probably try to help their public image by electing someone who is not associated with the sexual abuse scandals wracking the Church”

I doub that anybody with power is not associated, not least because those who are would not like an innocent person on the inside; he could cause far too much trouble.

By: Nemo

Nemo — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:24:27 +0000

Actually, we all can become pope, thanks to Project Pan-Pontification. You go to this site

http://discordia.wikia.com/wiki/Pope_cards

and print out a card which begins

The bearer of this card is a genuine and authorized

POPE

and you are then a pope with full rights and privleges, including infallibility.