The Pope is dying

[Saint Marcus]

Why cant he retire?

cause he's appointed for life.

A spokesman for the Vienna prelate, Erich Leitenberger, said later that Cardinal Schönborn's statements should be taken "philosophically and not literally."

In how many ways can one interpret: "The whole world is experiencing a pope who is sick, handicapped and dying, who is approaching the last days and months of his life"

[Dis]

hmm, I don't really have anything good to say, so I won't say anything at all.

RIP

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I have a soft spot for dying commies (my favorite kind).

more sig material

[Dr Strangelove]

You have to admit he has taken his church a long way these past twenty five years. He has a great deal of charisma, and has been a people's pastor at a time when society in the developed world has grown progressively more impersonal. When you consider all that he has done maybe it's a little easier to forgive what he is leaving behind for the next man. I wonder if his successor will continue the journey or instead try to turn back the hands of time.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
You have to admit he has taken his church a long way these past twenty five years. He has a great deal of charisma, and has been a people's pastor at a time when society in the developed world has grown progressively more impersonal. When you consider all that he has done maybe it's a little easier to forgive what he is leaving behind for the next man. I wonder if his successor will continue the journey or instead try to turn back the hands of time.

This really freaked me out, until I realized I hadn't clicked on the Phelps thread like I thought

[Dis]

now if they would just allow catholics to use condoms...

[alva]

Equal rights for women would be nice too.

[Dis]

naw, they have to earn those

[Sarxis]

So how many popes have there been to date?

[Ben Kenobi]

St. Markus:

This has been a good pope. Hopefully we will see a string of good popes.

Even though I'm still a prottie, I appreciate his integrity in not straying from what the Catholic church believes.

I blame the Protestants for the failure of this noble cause.

Protestants! = Anglicans. If the Anglicans had not ordained female priests, this probably would have happened. Now, who knows?

Why don't you start a thread with that thesis, on Ecumenism?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
So how many popes have there been to date?

300 or so, IIRC.

[KrazyHorse]

Depends on which ones you count and which you don't.