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  1. February-11th-2013 09:22 AM #16
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    Default Re: Pope Benedict resigning Feb. 28, voting underway

    Quote Originally Posted by SkinsGuy View Post
    The first Pope to resign since the year 1415.

    Most likely didn't want to end up going out like John Paul II, who looked liked he had died five years before he actually did.
    Thanks, I couldn't recall any that resigned in a long while

    I'm going with the longshot of a black female laywoman
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    Maybe they'll abolish the position as a badly outdated anachronism.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan T. View Post
    Maybe they'll abolish the position as a badly outdated anachronism.
    That's even more of a longshot
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    If a black pope is elected it will only be because of white guilt
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    Cardinal Martini was well respected, and I believe he was the one that stated the Catholic Church was 200 years behind.

    I wish I could remember the guys name...but the Cardinal from Ghana (I will look it up (Cardinal Peter something or other), would be a likely choice for a black Pope...but...his take on using condoms is simply mind-numbing.

    EDIT: Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar78 View Post
    Is that a Dante reference?
    Celestine V was a hermit elected to the papacy as a compromise candidate who didn't want the office. He issued a papal bull giving Popes the right to abdicate, which he did shortly thereafter. Rumors soon surfaced that his successor Boniface had forced Celestine (who was popular among commoners but hated by the cardinals) out. Firghtened of being deposed, Boniface had Celestine arrested and depending on whom one believes either let him rot in prison or had him murdered there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kosher Ham View Post
    ...but...his take on using comdoms is simply mind-numbing.
    The alternative is ****-numbing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Forehead View Post
    The alternative is ****-numbing.
    Haha. Fair enough.
    BTW- Thanks for pointing out my typo...another edit. haha.

    Society dictates many things whether we like it or not. I don't wan't to make this a religious point either. I am just stating that even the best parents children are pressured into doing those things at a young age. Better to be safe than sorry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DRSmith View Post
    If a black pope is elected it will only be because of white guilt
    Or because of the expanding US influence....Dolan has supporters
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    Default Re: Pope Benedict resigning Feb. 28, voting underway

    The last thing I expected to read today. John Paul II was a hard act to follow, and while they were both dyed in the wool, conservative Catholics; Benedict won't get the same wide reaching admiration and respect his predecessor received, and probably rightfully so.

    According to the NY Times Article, it seems that the three front runners are from Milan, Vienna and Quebec.
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    Quote Originally Posted by twa View Post
    Or because of the expanding US influence....Dolan has supporters
    His odds are 25 to 1

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    Quote Originally Posted by ixcuincle View Post
    What are the odds they try to modernize and pick a hip young pope
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    Quote Originally Posted by DRSmith View Post
    His odds are 25 to 1

    http://www.businessinsider.com/who-w...xt-pope-2013-2
    Looks like Cardinal Ouellet is the favorite right now at 5/2. Thoughts on your country having their first Pope?

    Oh, and apparently, this next Pope will be the last.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophec...Petrus_Romanus
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    Maybe hie is just giving up being Pope for lent.
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    Rumor has it, the pope is stepping down because of suspected doping.
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