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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:39 AM Original message |
For someone who took a Vow of Poverty this Pope sure likes his bling bling |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a Pope thang! |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Exactly, we wouldnt understand. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, silly. He's vowing to keep all of us in poverty. That's why he's teaming up with W. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You sure know how to pull a load of bullshit out of thin air. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's hard out there for a Pope |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Vatican being foreclosed on and all |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. This morning a reporter asked what the Pope thought about Americans. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. Priests don't take a vow of poverty. Nuns do. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No, many do |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. None that I ever heard of, and I've been a practicing Catholic for 50 years. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. well |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Of course. |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Where do monks fall into all of this if there is still such a thing? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Monks and nuns are members of an "order" and therefore take the vows of those orders |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Exactly. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Brothers and sisters always take a vow of poverty. |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Thanks, good to see you too. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. LOL. Hope so. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. No |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. But are they Catholic Priests though? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. There are many different orders in Catholisism. |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I just assumed Priests were part of the church hierarchy and |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Ooooh, sharing. That means they're COMMUNISTS!!!1!!!11! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. It depends if they belong to a religious order. |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. But are they Catholic Priests though? eom |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Okay let me break it down some. |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Thanks, that clears it up for me. eom |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Good. It can get confusing. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Sure they do. I know mine did |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. Is it his, or does it belong to the church? |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Popes have an unlimited expense account |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Sad, but true |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. there are a number of Pope/Vatican novels. one by a woman writer |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
20. A longstanding tradition on order to dazzle the superstitious peasants |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. yes, its part of the 'charm' |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. the vatican probably has more gold than fort knox |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. You mean there's still gold in Ft. Knox? |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
30. 'I pity the fool!' |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's all about the bling. nt |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. Bling + $500/pair red Pope pumps by Prado .. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. those Pope pumps are pimpin'! |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. you know that fantasy vision of the Dragon perched on top of a fortune? |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. Ever been to The Vatican? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I thought the vatican was beautiful Renaissance architecture |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. its beautiful |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
42. Precious miter, conical headgear with two points. Chasuble, low necked top dress |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. The Pope wears Prada |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
48. God wants us all to have riches and luxury items. |
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