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In reply to the discussion: New pope is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio [View all]Stinky The Clown
(67,786 posts)29. This guy's a Jesuit?
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It sounds like all the Italian guys just couldn't go all the way and found this happy
CTyankee
Mar 2013
#155
Well then maybe that means we will get a better herd of politicians next election.
Volaris
Mar 2013
#167
As it relates to gay issues, you're probably not going to find anyone in the hiearchy...
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2013
#42
Holding something that happened five hundred years ago against someone today is silly. (nt)
Posteritatis
Mar 2013
#193
Maybe not, but there was talk before the Conclave about choosing a Latin American
yellowcanine
Mar 2013
#129
I agree, Jesuits are very much the rebels. I graduated from Rockhurst University a Jesuit run
Katashi_itto
Mar 2013
#95
Although, to be fair, a little more than half of Argentinians are dudettes...
AngryAmish
Mar 2013
#16
Yeah. Centuries after the 'discovery' of the Americas, the N. American racist
Ghost Dog
Mar 2013
#80
Hm. I'm reserving judgment because the Vatican is political as they come...
AngryOldDem
Mar 2013
#30
How will Paul Ryan & Rand Paul reconcile 'believes in contraception' with their 'person-hood' mania?
freshwest
Mar 2013
#57
The 'to prevent the spread of disease' means only when a spouse has HIV
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2013
#73
I'm always struck by how much thought goes into their writings, as opposed to conservative drekt.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#134
Yup. There he is on the job in Argentina. Thought it caught more personality than some other pix.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#190
No his namesake is St. Francis of Assisi according to numerous news outlets. n/t
totodeinhere
Mar 2013
#181
At least he isnt swinging his clasped hands above his head from left to right, like Muhammad Ali.
secondwind
Mar 2013
#28
They have 4-5 suits in a range of sizes ready to go, and a taylor on hand to make alterations.
baldguy
Mar 2013
#45
Pope John XXIII was considered by many to be too old as well. And he only served less than 5 years.
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2013
#127
And a lot of people think that's why we will never see his like again in our lifetimes...
Volaris
Mar 2013
#169
After Pope John Paul II lasted like 26 years, they said they wanted shorter reigns
Ter
Mar 2013
#212
Big issue in 21st century is precisely: work for those of us who've had our pensions stolen
Ghost Dog
Mar 2013
#103
Regarding homosexuality, he wrote in a letter to the monasteries of Buenos Aires:
Jim.Rob58
Mar 2013
#56
Same sex marriage: "a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive"
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#64
His Wikipedia page was purged about 10 minutes after he came out on to that patio thing.
apnu
Mar 2013
#91
Does this mean the Cardinals are sticking it to the Brits on the Falklands?
yellowcanine
Mar 2013
#112
It gets tossed out the window here if it lets people feel rightous and indignant. (nt)
Posteritatis
Mar 2013
#194
Pity the woman who marries a closeted and probably perverted Catholic gay priest husband.
Ghost Dog
Mar 2013
#152
Umm, what makes you think that a married man who wants to be a priest.....
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2013
#157
I couldn't remember his name earlier and said "It's something like Cornholio, but Italian so it ends
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#195