SexyH22 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 So the pope died, now what, im not catholic so i dont really understand the whole deal. my gf is but she doesnt know either. they pick a new one right? maybe i'll apply for the position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 im Catholic. yeah, I over heard that the cardinals are looking to elect someone who is sexy with a prelude engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 thanks to reading angels & demons, i'm a little familiar with the process. laptop is running low on battery though so i'll post up tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBirdSucks Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 im Catholic. yeah, I over heard that the cardinals are looking to elect someone who is sexy with a prelude engine. Pope Lance sounds better than Pope SexyH22. maybe we could be Co-Popes...or Pope and Vice Pope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optional187 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Co-Popes...lmao. its kinda crazy all those people standing in front of the vatican or whatever. i was reading it in the newspaper the other day. saved the paper too because i figure it'll be worth some money to someone someday. this is the kind of crap that only happens once in a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 alright, from what i know this is how it works: generally 15 days after the pope's death a conclave is held to elect the new pope. 120 cardinals under the age of 80 gather for the conclave. of course, men who are very close to the 80-year-mark still attend but are not really considered for the position. before conclave is held, there is usually a favorite or small group of favorites, so the decision is pretty much made before conclave, but it is held because it is a ritual blah blah blah. each cardinal submits a ballot, and the ballots are burned at the end. black smoke from the chimney indicates no pope has been elected, and white indicates a new pope. i'm not religious, so if any of the info above is wrong... this is just crap i learned from reading angels & demons, but from the quick news glances i've gotten about the pope thing, the info seems pretty accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexyH22 Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 is it true that they let white smoke out the chimney to say when they picked him? can a girl be pope? vice pope lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakuryu06 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 what about Secratary of Pope Condoleeza rice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 co-pope sounds like a cereal. Why aren't flags flown at half staff? Only when someone important from the US dies is when flags are flown at half staff? The pope changed millions of people and collapsed a few ex communist countries. He is looked up upon by people around the world. If not half staff, at least 2/3s..? He deserves it, at least! he is the 1st non italian pope and i believe he has been a pope for the longest time compared to previous popes.o:) civic: what you read is correct. I also want to add that those cardinals live in a convent like building for years. They aren't allowed to have television, radio, phone, or anything that gets them news from the world. They get news only on certain things by word of mouth. They can't leave until a new pope is elected or when the current pope passes away. so they're basically trapped in the building for a few decades. The reason for no media coverage is that they're job is to only practice religion related activities. also when the catholic cardinals vote, they have to win by at least 2/3s so if not, black smoke is let out so the outsiders know that the pope is not yet elected. as you stated before, white smoke is let out to signal to the outsiders that a new pope is elected. man, i could go on forever talking about my religion but i'll stop here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexyH22 Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 Flags where i live are all at half staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddySol Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Maybe I'm just a bad catholic, but I couldn't stop thinking of EuroTrip... ...ANYHOW, I know Disney is flying their flags at half staff for the pope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakuryu06 Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 umm...i dont get it, isnt this country seperate when it comes to CHURCH and STATE. Then why are flags half flown, in my school and area flags were Half Flown. Its not like ever american is catholic, but those americans who arent, they too can be nationalists and would want their flags Flown high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I just hope they do elect a good pope. But I dont think any other pope can be like John Paul II. He's very special. I'm catholic and well all I can remember he has been the only pope I've know about since I was born. He's done so much for many people in such little time. I hope he rests in Peace and now that he becomes a Saint I hope he watches over everyone and may he bring peace to the world now that he is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexyH22 Posted April 8, 2005 Author Share Posted April 8, 2005 umm...i dont get it, isnt this country seperate when it comes to CHURCH and STATE.Then why are flags half flown, in my school and area flags were Half Flown. Its not like ever american is catholic, but those americans who arent, they too can be nationalists and would want their flags Flown high. its jutst respectful, its like in memory of. it doesnt necessarily say because he was catholic, but more because he was a good person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 good way of putting it. Couldn't have said it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 I'm pretty religious, so I had a lot of respect for pope john paul II. My mom lived in Poland back in the day when he used to be the bishop there in Krakow, and she recieved her confirmation from him. I've been to Poland plenty of times and i've gotten to see the place he used to stay in when he was in Poland. If any of you watched Fox News it was that big yellow building where people were praying outside. Im betting that the next pope will be a traditional italian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 My mom believes that it might be one of the 2 african americans that will end up becoming pope. But what are the chances of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optional187 Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 seriously doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 i don't think they're african americans. just africans.. probably from nigeria since the percentage of catholicism is high there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 well i mean I said african americans just not to say Black or ######. I was trying to say it out of respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesperiandeathhorse(lol) Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 this is probably a dead topic but....I think people should stop saying that the next pope will allow the priesthood to women. That isn't going to happen, especially not anytime soon...it's too radical a change and the cardinals are there to keep things like that in check. Only two of the cardinals are liberal, so it'll be awhile before a majority of them would agree upon such a thing. Besides wouldn't they allow priest's to marry first, changes like that are gradual if they do occur...which as far as I know they don't at all...The Church will not make a doctrinal change, they never actually have and never will. Anyways, like I said, if you're one of the idiots spreading that bs...god help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 calm down. no one said anything about the next pope allowing priesthood to women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2point2 Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Seriously resisting the urge to make a gay preist comment here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragongyrl18 Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 everyone has their own opinion. i just hope the next pope is as good as John Paul II. But noone will ever be better than him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Black smoke at the vatican today, they couldn't get a 2/3 majority vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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