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people are waiting for him to be revealed from the balcony...........

"Lord Joseph of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Ratzinger...shall be called Benedict XVI" "Habemus Papam". the crowd is going wild with joy, the Swiss Guard are impressive!

lady cop wrote: "Lord Joseph of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Ratzinger...shall be called Benedict XVI"How do the Catholic members feel about having "Gods Rotweiler" as the new pontiff ??

abbey wrote: How do the Catholic members feel about having "Gods Rotweiler" as the new pontiff ??Abbey, i am not Catholic,, tell me why he is called that?

lady cop wrote: Abbey, i am not Catholic,, tell me why he is called that?Me neither hon, i think its because of his stance within the church, he wants the church to return to old fashioned values!

from the oxford english dictionary

pontifex // n. (pl. pontifices //)

1 = pontiff.

2 Rom. Antiq. a member of the principal college of priests in Rome.

[Latin pontifex -ficis, from pons pontis ‘bridge’ + -fex from facere ‘make’]

Pontifex Maximus // n.

(in ancient Rome) the head of the college of pontifices.

pontiff // n. (in full sovereign or supreme pontiff) RC Ch.

the Pope.

[French pontife (as pontifex)]


The roots:

I'm not a catholic either, I find the whole thing bizarre, especially the bit about him being infallible.

infallible // adj.

1 incapable of error.

2 (of a method, test, proof, etc.) unfailing; sure to succeed.

3 RC Ch. (of the Pope) unable to err in pronouncing dogma as doctrinally defined.

infallibility // n.

infallibly adv.

[Middle English from French infaillible or Late Latin infallibilis (as in-1, fallible)]

i meant why is he called the rottweiler?

Uhh..."infallible"???? WTF??? Please, if someone can show me an infallible human, do so. Where did that come from gmc? Do Catholics actually believe he IS infallible? I am not Catholic, and really couldn't care less who the pope is, but for anyone to be considered perfect kinda makes me wonder. Anybody got some answers?

lady cop wrote: i meant why is he called the rottweiler?I think it's because he has strong opinions, and once he's on his moral high horse he refuses to let go.

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Uhh..."infallible"???? WTF??? Please, if someone can show me an infallible human, do so. Where did that come from gmc? Do Catholics actually believe he IS infallible? I am not Catholic, and really couldn't care less who the pope is, but for anyone to be considered perfect kinda makes me wonder. Anybody got some answers?


Like i said I'm not a Catholic so I'm the wrong one to ask. I'm not a christian either so i am doubly disqualified.

im gonna be possibly really rude here but both me and my boy'f were surprirsed by his age - were gonna go thru all this again fairly soon........ hes 78 isnt he? or was it 76???

waaaayyyyy too much champagne drunk!!! we got the money on our mortgage today for our neew conservatory so weve been celebrating!

lol. Pink Princess is slurring her posts.

Hey,, thash okay, pinky, pahty on..... :yh_silly

You'd think that they'd choose a younger Pope, so that he could grow with the new century and it's changes. But ....oh well!

I don't think he is a good choice. Some people think that there is only one true religion and that's catholic. That is simply not true. This guy thinks the only way to heaven is being catholic. I have to scuff at that. Jesus never said catholic, go and be one. He said the only way to get to father is through me. Not Peter. This guy also is a white supremist. He worked as a notzi. Were in trouble now. Even through they have said he atoned for that. I feel that somehow with his comment about the one true religion is catholic, he still has some problems with Jewish people. This pope has big shoes to fill. I am glad I am not catholic.

In the bible it also says that god doesn't want images and rituals. He did away with ritual when jesus came down to earth. And catholic that's all you do is rituals and rules. Thank god I never got suckered into staying catholic. :-5

kmhowe72 wrote: This guy also is a white supremist. He worked as a notzi.


ROFL! Ummm....Km? That's "Nazi" not "Notzi" LOL! But , Hey, that's still the funniest spelling of it I ever saw!

And honestly? He was really a Nazi? That's absolutely incredible. If true, say goodbye to the Catholic Church. They're on their way down now!

Well it is true. They said it on the news. he was somekind of guard in a camp when he was fourteen years old. Part of Hitlers youth leader groups. ok Nazi.

dang...my little catholic school kids...that come in for after school (to public school) for help...they were so excited (and so darn cute) about the pope. they will be soooo dissapointed to find out he was a nazi!

I hope he dies soon. FOXNEWS is just too damn excited.

David813 wrote: I hope he dies soon. FOXNEWS is just too damn excited.
I would watch for lightening bolts...if I were you!

hotsauce wrote: I would watch for lightening bolts...if I were you! :DIf I am hit by lightning now that would be proof there really is a God!! Until then, be skeptical.:sneaky:

David813 wrote: If I am hit by lightning now that would be proof there really is a God!! Until then, be skeptical.:sneaky:
I'm skeptical of everything...ask Canaan.

hotsauce wrote: I'm skeptical of everything...ask Canaan. :DSkepticism is a sign of itelligence. That's why you never see religious skeptics! This pope is a rightwing divider that has yet another list of people to hate. Let's hope he drops dead soon and that The Vatican sinks into the Earth it is currently soiling.:yh_ghost

I'm all for being a skeptic...not all for wishing people dead.

hotsauce wrote: I'm all for being a skeptic...not all for wishing people dead. :eek:Dead enemies are much better than live ones.

I can think of bigger enemies than the pope...but I guess that is just me.

JAB wrote: Oh really? Not every religious person believes in the literal translation of the bible nor does everyone believe in blind faith.









"another list to hate"? And how is his list, as you call it, any different than the list other staunch conservatives have? And not all religious people "hate" those that they disagree with. You can still love someone even if you disagree with them and their views.I've never seen any religious conservative; from bin Laden to a pope to a Falwell Ever show love for anyone outside their steel fence.

Jives wrote: lol. Pink Princess is slurring her posts.



Hey,, thash okay, pinky, pahty on..... :yh_silly



You'd think that they'd choose a younger Pope, so that he could grow with the new century and it's changes. But ....oh well!
it took me about 10 minutes to remember this morning where id posted last night!! ooooh the embarrassment!!!

He is called the Rottweiler because he was PJ"'s enforcer on such issues as birth control, abortion and homosexuality, so he going to really drag the catholic church into the 21st century, Also at 78 he is rather advanced in years, are we again going to be treated to leader of 800 million people being wheeled about and mumbling and led to believe he is sharp as a tack and making all the decisions.

I am sure i have heard this "transitional" nonsense before, you cannot have a transitional pope, it's like being a little bit pregnant, you are either pope or not. My belief is the "transitional" spin has been put on because of his age.

The good news is that he is very hard line on homosexuality, let's hope he starts by weeding out his own flock, the child abusing men of the cloth who for years have been protected by the church heirarchy.