Pope to Resign?

[mac5155]

are you saying "yinz" like "you catholics"?

If that's the case, no. The pope is "a chosen one" by the big man upstairs.

[littlemoonboot]

Shouldn't yinz get to vote on it?

Better yet technically we can send someone from LGP and put them up for election All baptized and confirmed Catholic males, line up. I expect once you give the blessing at St. Peter's square for you to lead the masses in a chant of "Let's Go Pens!"

[shafnutz05]

I think the health excuse is nonsense. The Pope is quitting because he recognizes that the Catholic Church is adrift like a three-masted sailing ship with no sails, and it's headed rapidly for that rocky island over there. It needs new, fresh leadership. Preferably someone younger than my grandfather.

[columbia]

Well, the Cardinals vote, right?
Doers God tell them how to do so, including the ones who vote for someone else?

I mean...it's a very political process.

[MRandall25]

One could argue most people aren't even fit to vote for President.

People aren't fit to vote for Pope, because most people don't know anything beyond their own local congregations.

[shafnutz05]

One could argue most people aren't even fit to vote for President.

And one would be right

[mac5155]

One could argue most people aren't even fit to vote for President.

And one would be right

Obviously.

[ville5]

This thread has me listening to Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime for some reason.

[tifosi77]

This thread has me listening to Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime for some reason.

Whatever that reason is, it is good.

[Gaucho]

Not sure if posted yet:

http://www.khou.com/news/Vatican-lightning-strike-called-a-sign-from-God-190930911.html

[Pavel Bure]

Not sure if posted yet:

http://www.khou.com/news/Vatican-lightning-strike-called-a-sign-from-God-190930911.html

I cannot roll my eyes hard enough.

[JS©]

[AlexPKeaton]

*must refrain from a Pirates joke*

[SolidSnake]

Is this why he's going to resign?

http://news.yahoo.com/did-secret-vatica ... 58902.html

[Shyster]

Now that we have a start date for the conclave (next Tuesday), any bets on the next Pope? A list of papabile profiles from the National Catholic Reporter can be found here: http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/re ... ay-stories

I think I’m going with Cardinal Péter Erdõ of Hungary.

[Kaizer]

gotta go with cardinal mango salsa.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

I'm going with Cardinal Law.

[Willie Kool]

Cardinal Peter Turkson

[npv708]

Man, I've known my parents should've given me an Italian name.

[npv708]

I've heard the conclave will be so tilted in the Italians' favor that the next Pope will actually be Berlusconi

[Hockeynut!]

We should do a Pope Pool.

[Shyster]

There are several prominent Italian candidates, but the strike against them is that the church administration is already seen as being Italian-dominated, and the administration has undergone a number of financial scandals recently. For example, the Vatican Bank has been accused of money laundering. The non-Italian Cardinals might want the next Pope to be an “outsider” when it comes to stuff like that (just like people are calling for the next Pittsburgh police chief to be an outsider).

[Shyster]

We should do a Pope Pool.

http://fantasypope.com/

Looks like people think Peter Turkson is the frontrunner.

[Gaucho]

Makes sense. Turkson makes Ratzinger look like a liberal.

[shafnutz05]

Makes sense. Turkson makes Ratzinger look like a liberal.

He's practically an African Clarence Thomas