The New Pope

[deano ou812]

Amen!

Well I never, I knew Duccy was destined for great things but I never thought he'd become an instrument of god.

It's all the sea air!

Do you not mean semen ;-)

 

[andyhinch]

Amen!

Well I never, I knew Duccy was destined for great things but I never thought he'd become an instrument of god.

It's all the sea air!

Drink it in

 

[mcmanus]

Will Africans be allowed to wear condoms now?

 

[intheknow!]

That was quite exciting and actually a bit emotional!

I class myself as a Catholic and a believer, even though I don't go to Church or 'practice' the Faith, really. I went to a Catholic Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form, basically from the age of 3 until 18 years old, being Catholic will always be part of who I am.

All the people mocking and criticising the Catholic Church, yes mistakes have been made and wrong doing has occurred but what about all the good things? In Britain the Catholic Church has provided fantastic education to millions of children over the years etc.


Anyway, Latin America is becoming the 'heartland' of the faith. 42% of the world's Catholics are in South America, so the Church had to stop being so Euro Centric.

Agreed. I'm not even Catholic, turned atheist ages ago, but they do a lot of good around this area. There is a shelter for the homeless downtown where they shelter and feed the homeless, who have virtually no advocates relative to other social problems. To me, the molestation thing is similar to terrorism in Islam, an aberrant criminality that doesn't reflect on the majority of what Muslims and Catholics contribute to the world.

Anyway, I hope Francis will be more open to reform than Benedict. If nothing else, a refocusing on issues that are relevant to the modern world, like the environment.

Agreed.

I don't believe in everything the Church teaches, contraception is one area. But you can be a Catholic without being dogmatic. The child abuse scandals are horrific and disgusting and I'm for the harshest punishment possible but the way some people try to make out that paedophilia is unique to the 'Catholic Church' is pathetic. It's a mainly male problem that affects human society, yet the same people would be screaming blue murder, if someone said every male is a potential child abuser. Not every Catholic is an abuser, just like not every man is an abuser.

The refusal to acknowledge the good Catholicism in Britain is what annoys me. As I said in my own life from the age of 3 till 18 years old I had the best education possible outside of the elite public schools, thanks to the Catholic Church and I come from a poor background, my parents were teenagers when they had both me and my sister. There are other things like homeless shelters, adoption services etc etc

I hope the Church starts to focus a lot of effort on social justice and poverty, because this is an issue now affecting Europe as well as the developing world.

 

[stony]

Will Africans be allowed to wear condoms now?

Only as a fashion accessory. They'll have to take them off for sex though or god will give them aids.

 

[intheknow!]

All the people mocking and criticising the Catholic Church, yes mistakes have been made and wrong doing has occurred but what about all the good things? In Britain the Catholic Church has provided fantastic education to millions of children over the years etc.

the most delusional post on Bluemoon, well done

ironic that your username is 'intheknow' when you clearly aren't on this topic

Arrrgh! I wish I had never chosen that username because everyone says what you have if I post something they disagree with.

You disagree but that's what I think & my own personal experience, thank God we don't all think the same. xx

 

[mat]

He always said he didn't want the job.

Looks like he'll be calllling his mates behind the scenes. As Duccy said he comes across as humble which in a world full of PR crazed politicians is a nice change.

 

[stonerblue]

what happened to the last one?

 

[mat]

what happened to the last one?

Last seen hiding in south america with some of his WW2 mates....

 

[squirtyflower]

All the people mocking and criticising the Catholic Church, yes mistakes have been made and wrong doing has occurred but what about all the good things? In Britain the Catholic Church has provided fantastic education to millions of children over the years etc.

the most delusional post on Bluemoon, well done

ironic that your username is 'intheknow' when you clearly aren't on this topic

Arrrgh! I wish I had never chosen that username because everyone says what you have if I post something they disagree with.

You disagree but that's what I think & my own personal experience, thank God we don't all think the same. xx

in order to provide you with a decent education, the divisive catholic church has taken money from the state, which is founded on protestantism (another blight), and creamed off the children it has wanted from the mass populace, therefore ensuring only 'their' children are taught, any disruptive influences are quickly sent off to the state sector
all socially divisive schools should be closed and all schools should be secular state schools