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New Pope Selected

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Re:Humility? by roman_mir · · Score: 1, Troll

    Humility and Pope are not compatible already. The guy is a bloody Pope. Head of state of Vatican, declares what is moral and what is not. Infallible apparently. So clearly, if you open up a dictionary and go to the word 'humility', you'll see a link to Pope there.

    Same as if you open a dictionary for the definition of 'Nobel Peace Prize Winner', you'll see Obama.

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  2. Re:So.... by CanHasDIY · · Score: 1, Troll

    Also at 11, Archaic Institution Maintains 300 Year Old Rules, Despite Fact None of Followers Believe That Crap Anymore.

    Seriously, go talk to some Catholics sometime. You'll find out they aren't nearly as obtuse and idiotic as the Vatican (and media) makes them out to be.

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