toldailytopic: White smoke rises, a new Pope is chosen, what do you think about it?

[Town Heretic]

Oops! I really do need to proof read my posts.

No wonder his Italian sounded so good. Apparently he also does NOT speak English, which is rather limited for a Pope don't you think? Me thinks there are way more English RCs in the world than German ones.

I heard an American who was too old to vote but a Cardinal, I believe, and someone who is a friend of his say that he speaks English, but prefers Spanish.

 

[StanJ53]

I heard an American who was too old to vote but a Cardinal, I believe, and someone who is a friend of his say that he speaks English, but prefers Spanish.

Well I was surprised at the bio I read that said he spoke Spanish, Italian and German only. You would think he would be able to speak a few more languages like many pontiffs in the past have?

 

[Delmar]

Well I was surprised at the bio I read that said he spoke Spanish, Italian and German only. You would think he would be able to speak a few more languages like many pontiffs in the past have?

Perhaps it only listed the languages he is fluent in.

 

[rexlunae]

White smoke rises, a new Pope is chosen, what do you think about it?

Too early to tell if he'll be the man to shake up the church hierarchy, which seems like it's due, but at first blush he seems better than his predecessor, at least in the areas that I care about.

The biggest thing I'm looking forward to is the news no longer covering it. That's mostly because when they don't have any information, the "news" will cover complete speculation. They'll even call it that. And, predictably, all the speculation was completely wrong.

Even the local news here has a correspondent at the Vatican to cover the conclave. Or had, at least.

 

[Town Heretic]

"Initially trained as a chemist, Bergoglio taught literature, psychology, philosophy and theology before taking over as Buenos Aires archbishop in 1998. He speaks Spanish, Italian and German, and reads English. He became cardinal in 2001, when the economy was collapsing, and won respect for blaming unrestrained capitalism for impoverishing millions of Argentines."

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/03/13/2555698/francis-is-first-pope-from-the.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Tambora]

toldailytopic: White smoke rises, a new Pope is chosen, what do you think about it?

I feel that it is no concern of mine, any more than who the preacher is at the Baptist church in Timbuktu.

 

[resurrected]

Congratulate us and set aside your grouchy animosity for a bit.

Congratulations on your pagan ceremony


Was this one in the Hitler Youth too?

 

[IMJerusha]

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I hope he will be obedient to God and faithful to Yeshua and lead Catholics to do the same.