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Reports that Pope is going to resign...

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  • #32
    Nolimits
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    seamus wrote: »
    Speculation around the office here is that someone was on the verge of exposing Benny's wife and family in the U.S. if he didn't resign.

    Not entirely unbelievable...

    Once you stick the "if he doesn't resign" part in you could say anything in fairness safe in the knowledge that it won't come out. For that reason the above sounds like crap to me, would love to know the real reason though and mayber we will soon.


  • #33
    intellectual dosser
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    They've been piping on about modernizing the church and reaching out to young people, therefore they should run the conclave as some big X Factor style reality TV show.


  • #34
    Banbh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Banbh


    Oh no! There'll be no keeping John Waters, David Quinn and Breda O'Brien off the telly now.


  • #35
    plannerscanner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭plannerscanner


    From what I gather Ratzinger is very much a pragmatist. If he does not have the capacity to address world events within days then he is of no use to the RCC. This is no longer the 15th C when good christians wait around for months for a Papal Bull. Good to see him gone and if the RCC is to grow and develop some compassion then here's looking forward to a more liberal, understanding Pope


  • #36
    fitz0
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    John Waters for Pope?

    Or maybe someone ethnic.


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  • #37
    Zillah
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    Dades wrote: »
    Should be a few column inches in this story, methinks.

    The BBC feed keeps showing him being pushed around in what can only be described as the Papal Shopping Trolley. Awesome.

    They're a parody of themselves.


  • #38
    krudler
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    intellectual dosser wrote: »
    They've been piping on about modernizing the church and reaching out to young people, therefore they should run the conclave as some big X Factor style reality TV show.

    Italy's Got Infallibility


  • #39
    Penn
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    fitz0 wrote: »
    John Waters for Pope?

    Or maybe someone ethnic.

    I think someone with "not completely grey" hair would be about as ethnic as they'll get.


  • #40
    seamus
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    Penn wrote: »
    I think someone with "not completely grey" hair would be about as ethnic as they'll get.
    Paddy Power have a Ghanan (grey-haired!) Cardinal as running favourite.


  • #41
    kiffer
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    robindch wrote: »
    Whatever about young, a liberal pope is unlikely -- Ratzinger has been stuffing the ranks of cardinals with conservatives for years.

    True... but maybe we'll get a miracle and there's a stealth liberal in the wings.
    He's spent years hiding the fact that he's actually a compassionate human being just so that he can rise to power and use the money the Church has been squirreling away for good rather than for gold plated shoes and chairs...

    Like some sort of anti-psychopath...


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  • #42
    iDave
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    Penn wrote: »
    I think someone with "not completely grey" hair would be about as ethnic as they'll get.

    The new guy could use Just For Men. Which also works as a Di vinci-esque undertone for the gender balance within the organisation


  • #43
    Curly Judge
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    lazygal wrote: »
    I also think a lot of the younger priests seem to be a lot more hardline and conservative than the post Vatican II ones. I was shocked (maybe not the right word) at a wedding a year or two ago when a young enough priest, early 40s I'd say, said several times at the wedding of friends how good it was to choose a church wedding over a less 'meaningful' quick civil ceremony and how people should cherish the marriages of Catholics more and more as people fall away and choose 'function room ceremonies'. Really a very insulting attitude.



    Not really!
    No more insulting than the manager of Dunnes Stores giving out about Tesco?
    At the end of the day it's about a turf war. Simple as!


  • #44
    Bannasidhe
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    Penn wrote: »
    I think someone with "not completely grey" hair would be about as ethnic as they'll get.

    They are still coming to terms with having a pope who isn't Italian.

    First one was English Adrian in the 12th century with a 455 year wait for the Polish Karol Wojtyła who was followed by the current German...non-Italian popes are like buses...


  • #45
    Bannasidhe
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    Curly Judge wrote: »
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    Not really!
    No more insulting than the manager of Dunnes Stores giving out about Tesco?
    At the end of the day it's about a turf war. Simple as!

    Then let them take out an ad and not use someones wedding as an opportunity for a bit of PR.


  • #46
    DazMarz
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    Last one, I swear!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv9G9rwWihg


  • #47
    eviltwin
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    Maybe those gay rumors were true after all :D


  • #48
    Bannasidhe
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    intellectual dosser wrote: »
    They've been piping on about modernizing the church and reaching out to young people, therefore they should run the conclave as some big X Factor style reality TV show.

    529955_10151300610714150_1236465411_n.jpg


  • #49
    Bannasidhe
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    eviltwin wrote: »
    Maybe those gay rumors were true after all :D

    Well the other Benny who resigned was openly gay...


  • #50
    Doctor Strange
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    So the reign of Pope Vader is impending?

    Also, good riddance to bad rubbish. A rotten person with worse beliefs. Though he probably did wonders in convincing people to turn from the church.


  • #51
    magicbastarder
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    since the incoming pope traditionally eats the heart of his predecessor at his swearing-in ceremony, this could get interesting.


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  • #52
    Bannasidhe
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    since the incoming pope traditionally eats the heart of his predecessor at his swearing-in ceremony, this could get interesting.

    Popes have hearts?

    Who knew!


  • #53
    Run_to_da_hills
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    According to Malachy's predictions the next Pope will be the last one.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8kCYk1LgSA


  • #54
    Canis Lupus
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    since the incoming pope traditionally eats the heart of his predecessor at his swearing-in ceremony, this could get interesting.

    You wouldn't have to force me to go to that mass.


  • #55
    qwert2
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    Why are you guys interested in this?


  • #56
    Doctor Strange
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    qwert2 wrote: »
    Why are you guys interested in this?

    Are we not allowed an opinion?


  • #57
    magicbastarder
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    qwert2 wrote: »
    Why are you guys interested in this?
    because it's interesting.


  • #58
    eviltwin
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    qwert2 wrote: »
    Why are you guys interested in this?

    Whatever your thoughts on the man or his position its a big news story, first time in 700 years? Course people are going to talk about it.


  • #59
    qwert2
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    Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »
    Are we not allowed an opinion?

    Of course you are. I'm just curious why an atheist would be interested in this topic and in some cases spend a lot of energy on it


  • #60
    seamus
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    qwert2 wrote: »
    Of course you are. I'm just curious why an atheist would be interested in this topic and in some cases spend a lot of energy on it
    Because he's the head of a oppressive, manipulative and dangerous organisation which claims to have brainwashed more than a billion people into its ranks.

    Changes in that organisation affect all of us whether or not we're part of it. So of course we're interested.


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  • #61
    Calibos
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    I used up 500 calories reading the last 4 pages even though I was sitting down and not moving while doing it.


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