There's a Pope!!!!

[Obviousman]

White smoke and the bells are ringing, right now!!

[boudicca]

Yeh, my mam's getting all excited about it at the moment...

[Obviousman]

Well I'm a bit excited too, he's got quite some influence, so he'd better be a good one

Now comes the guessing who it'll be,

[emilystrange]

no details on bbc atm..

[christophe]

Now let’s hope this one lasts.

[Obviousman]

Well, actually, normally he wouldn't be presumed to last, , because this papacy lasted too long, but well, one does never know

Now wait another 15 minutes until they'll be saying who it'll be

[Thea]

Now let’s hope this one lasts.

JPII had a good 20 years of popeing... not too bad really!

[christophe]

way to go JPII

[Obviousman]

It's Ratzinger

Yuck

[emilystrange]

Benedict XVI? bit of a mouth full

[canon docre]

They choosed the worst to head this silly old mans club.

[emilystrange]

if i hadn't already resigned my position as lowly female servant in said club, i would now

[canon docre]

if i hadn't already resigned my position as lowly female servant in said club, i would now

well done, sis. Spread the word....

[emilystrange]

i try and spread as many as i can...
words, i mean

[Obviousman]

Well, as someone was bringing me a positive note , just some moments ago : Now we can rejoice ourselves on the end of the catholicism in the western world, probably

[hallucienate]

When will there be an African pope?

[Erudite]

And so one bigoted old fool is replaced by another even more bigoted old fool.
Still, the next conclave probably won't be too long in arriving...

Apologies to the devout RC's out there - but the version of holiness practised by men like Joseph Ratzinger falls rather short of the mark for me.

But then again, I was raised in one of those "deficient" branches of Christianity.

[Barracuda]

Now let’s hope this one lasts.

Let's hope not.

[christophe]

Now let’s hope this one lasts.

Let's hope not.

fact!

mind I wrote it before the name was anounced

[filthyrikky]

And so one bigoted old fool is replaced by another even more bigoted old fool.
Still, the next conclave probably won't be too long in arriving...

Apologies to the devout RC's out there - but the version of holiness practised by men like Joseph Ratzinger falls rather short of the mark for me.

But then again, I was raised in one of those "deficient" branches of Christianity.

Seconded. I remember reading an article by Ratzinger that could have been penned by Julius Streicher frankly.

[taylor]

I like the new Pope !

Integralist ! deutchland uber alles

[snowey]

Is this the same bloke who was in the nazi youth until he became a priest??

[Obviousman]

Sure is, and he thinks anyone who really thinks is not a true believer too...

Though Hitlerjugend was compulsory, so he really couldn't help, is said...

[taylor]

yes Hitler youth

[Brideoffrankenstein]

erm, why does "hitler youth" get a smile?