New Pope Selected

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Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @07:40AM from the holy-smokes dept.

Freshly Exhumed sends this quote from CBC: "Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been selected as Pope of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. He will be known as Pope Francis. He is the first Pope from the Americas. The 76-year-old was the runner-up to Benedict XVI during the last conclave. He is well-known for his humility and espouses church teachings on homosexuality, abortion and contraception. He has no Vatican experience."

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So.... by Daetrin · 2013-03-13 07:42 · Score: 4, Interesting

espouses church teachings on homosexuality, abortion and contraception
So nothing important is going to change then? Or am i misreading that?

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Re:name change by OakDragon · 2013-03-13 07:51 · Score: 5, Interesting

The tradition was started when a Pope named Mecurious (Mercury) was elected. He thought that a Christian Pope with a pagan name wasn't kosher (so to speak), so he took the name "John" (I think it was John).

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Initially a chemist by schneidafunk · 2013-03-13 08:01 · Score: 4, Interesting

I find it interesting he was initially trained as a chemist. "Bergoglio taught literature, psychology, philosophy and theology before taking over as Buenos Aires archbishop in 1998."

http://news.yahoo.com/francis-first-pope-americas-193844474.html

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Re:Humility? by Bucc5062 · 2013-03-13 08:29 · Score: 5, Interesting

And the current President of the United States use to be a community Organizer and teach Constitutional law. These days his administration uses drones to bomb communities and seems to look the other way when Constitutional rights are stripped from US citizens.
I guess people can change, or they play a great act.
In the new Pope's world, being truly humble would be following the examples of Christ without the power of being a Cardinal. Perhaps it may be better to say the Pop was less egotistical then other Cardinals. Mother Teresa was humble, Pope Francis I is a powerful man who's done good deeds.

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Re:Before anyone says it... by cervesaebraciator · 2013-03-13 08:42 · Score: 4, Interesting

Religious fellows are nerds in their own right too. They are up there with Star * groups, but less fan fiction recently. They do try though.
Sociologically, they operate in similar ways as well. I say this as both a Star * fan and a religious fellow (though not a Catholic). In both groups, identity is tied to adherence ("Are you a Buddhist too?" is not far from "Are you a Trekkie too?"), consumption patterns reflect attachment (one has X-Wing models, the other crucifixes), intense debates occur over canon (the Gnostic gospels and the SW prequels have much in common, except one has better acting), and both groups hold in high regard those who have specialized knowledge about the object of their interest.
Re:Haters Gonna Hate by houghi · 2013-03-13 08:52 · Score: 5, Interesting

Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything -- just give him time to rationalize it.
-- Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice

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Re:Haters Gonna Hate by Hatta · 2013-03-13 09:12 · Score: 5, Interesting

If the old covenant was replaced by Jesus, why does the Catholic Church care if they are celibate or not?

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