Church calls halt to popes for life

[mckitterick]

And about frickin' time, eh? Imagine when we have youth treatments... hmmm... perhaps the Catholic church knows something we don't....
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12141306%255E2703,00.html

Chris

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Pope

[shellyinseattle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the article.

My closest brush with the Pope was when he travelled to Athens ostensibly to remarry the Catholic with the Greek Orthodox church. Or, rather, as it came out in his speech, when the Pope would allow them to come back to the fold provided they acknowledge him supremacy and send money to Rome, which nixed a re-marriage.

Our hotel was very close to the acropolis and as we walked around that day the city was in uproar with protesting nuns and their equivalent of the national guard posted with machine guns at various points.

My father-in-law, who remembers well the collaboration of the Pope and the Catholic Church with Nazi Germany remarked that he didn't want to even see the Pope, expecting everyone else to say the same. I, however, mentioned that while I too didn't care to see the Pope I very much wanted to see the Popemobile. Alas, the Pope was too sick to ride in it and I did not get my wish. So, I'd propose another good standard to use besides a retirement age -- when the Pope's health prohibits him from riding in his Popemobile.

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[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Well, phooey on that - I agree that your standard is a very sensible one. I mean, sheesh, how much good work can anyone do who can't even ride in a vehicle?

I'm just hoping the next Pope won't do idiotic things like go to Third-World countries and yammer about not using birth control methods. I mean, great idea: Let's keep them too busy feeding more mouths to improve their lives.

Chris

[taffy23110.livejournal.com]

Wow, and I thought Democrats were supposed to be the enlightened ones.