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Not that there's anything wrong with that. TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #1
absolutely nothing wrong with that. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #2
Aside from the irrelevant possibility that the pope might be gay, such an arrangement would ladjf Feb 2013 #76
Only thing wrong with it is the supreme hypocrisy. GObamaGO Feb 2013 #3
yup Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #4
It would be hypocrisy if they have a sexual relationship. ... spin Feb 2013 #7
I can see that. Even if they ARE in love... Beartracks Feb 2013 #31
Oh yes there is - he called gay marriage "ideology of evil" closeupready Feb 2013 #49
the Pope's VooDoo Doll.. this link is really way innappropriate, but really funny, sorta rabid_byter Feb 2013 #5
A Pope and his rentboy... n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #6
I'm sure it is just his replacement Sith. Liberal Veteran Feb 2013 #8
Ah, yes, Darth Georg...the Force is strong with this one Glorfindel Feb 2013 #10
Ewwwwwww!! Hulk Smash Feb 2013 #9
Um, why "ewwwwww!!" tpsbmam Feb 2013 #11
I saw it and believed it to be related to age difference. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #20
I dunno...thought it was a questionable reaction. tpsbmam Feb 2013 #21
ageist? AngryAmish Feb 2013 #40
Isn't the Pope supposed to be celibate? BlueStreak Feb 2013 #30
No, the poster mentioned homophobia because some of the comments in this thread pnwmom Feb 2013 #50
So fucking what MadrasT Feb 2013 #12
Hypocrisy is what we're calling out. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #15
You don't see the hypocracy in play? Ruby the Liberal Feb 2013 #17
You don't see the progressive hypocrisy at play? pnwmom Feb 2013 #46
It is really disappointing. MadrasT Feb 2013 #52
this. although I will say most here do not understand higher ranking nuns and priests routinely bettyellen Feb 2013 #53
Yes. It's pretty funny, really. pnwmom Feb 2013 #68
Great point! As an aside, my aunt often complained about the priests.... bettyellen Feb 2013 #71
Jumping straight to what you state they are doing "behind closed doors" is a huge leap. MadrasT Feb 2013 #51
doesn't mean anything, look at Strom Thurmond , there are many hypocrites JI7 Feb 2013 #25
Somehow, I don't think so Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #13
Why would his reactions be so vehement? backscatter712 Feb 2013 #16
Exactly. The louder they rant against it, the more likely it is. BlueStreak Feb 2013 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author backscatter712 Feb 2013 #18
Andrew Sullivan posting this? Well.. KoKo Feb 2013 #14
Aww how romantic.. SummerSnow Feb 2013 #19
He is handsome LeftInTX Feb 2013 #22
That's what I thought too get the red out Feb 2013 #55
So what> UNREC. 840high Feb 2013 #23
he isn't bad looking, he could do a lot better than Pope Ratz JI7 Feb 2013 #24
I hope when I am 85 years old I have a handsome younger man with me. hrmjustin Feb 2013 #26
maybe if you become Pope JI7 Feb 2013 #27
They don't elect out gay men like me. hrmjustin Feb 2013 #28
Hmm, kind of Kennedyesque, but better. As a Catholic, it feels TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #29
Did anyone stop and think that maybe a 85yro needs 24hr assisted living? kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #33
+1. and sullivan is a right wing whore himself. get yer war on, andy. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #34
I did. He's obviously fragile and not in good health. n/t pnwmom Feb 2013 #45
Really? Any reason why an Archbishop is needed for that? The old pope elevated his personal msanthrope Feb 2013 #59
Ratzinger has always surrounded himself with a chorus line of handsome priests Hekate Feb 2013 #35
I'm with you on that last paragraph. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #36
"the shadow pope" -- Sullivan's not gay-baiting magical thyme Feb 2013 #37
Having a butler now means you're gay? jambo101 Feb 2013 #38
Oh, but see, if your butler is good looking that means you are gay. pnwmom Feb 2013 #44
A few points of fact. The man is not a butler, the man will no longer work for Bene but will work Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #57
Another fact. Benedict is 85 years old, pnwmom Feb 2013 #66
But his age is the only fact in what you said. Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #77
What difference does it make what the title of this assistant is? pnwmom Mar 2013 #80
As a total aside: Raine1967 Feb 2013 #72
This thread sounds like conservatives wrote it. maryland native Feb 2013 #39
Welcome to DU, maryland native! n/t pnwmom Feb 2013 #43
Oh for Jebus' sake! The Pope has a personal secretary, MineralMan Feb 2013 #41
A personal secretary he elevated to Archbishop in December. Thus, the old pope's personal msanthrope Feb 2013 #56
I thought only Cardinals were involved in the MineralMan Feb 2013 #58
Oh--he's not an elector. He's the guy who is going to oversee the changes the Pope made last week msanthrope Feb 2013 #67
Is there a translation of that somewhere? MineralMan Feb 2013 #70
The Vatican has not done an english translation that I have found. msanthrope Feb 2013 #73
I'm only marginally interested in the internal politics MineralMan Feb 2013 #74
What I found interestimg is the "dead hand" nature of these changes, and the draconian level of msanthrope Feb 2013 #75
The new Archbishop could be a shadow Pope. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #79
Take another read. He does not retain the secretary in retirment, that is Sullivan's central point: Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #62
I don't trust that writer to get anything right. MineralMan Feb 2013 #64
Homophobia reeks in the RCC. Sully's a gay man and a Catholic of course. Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #78
I fail to see how this is strange at all. He's 85 years old and probably shouldn't be living alone. pnwmom Feb 2013 #42
Oh, you and your being all sensible and stuff Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #61
Sorry for spoiling your fun! pnwmom Feb 2013 #63
But the notion that he'd be 'lving alone' is absurd. He's going to Gandalfo, a palace larger than Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #65
I'm not sure it's possible to be a serious commentator and a gossip at the same time. reformist2 Feb 2013 #47
This Padre Georg seems to be the Pope's official hat putter-on-er! reformist2 Feb 2013 #48
Yea, that's normal get the red out Feb 2013 #54
This would make either a really good sit-com or a really good porn movie (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #60
And so that means what exactly to Roman Catholics? Rex Feb 2013 #69
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