What do you think of the newly elected Pope Francis I

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I dont really care, the notion of man who basically lives his life as a God on earth with tons of people "Needing his holiness"
is absolutely silly to me. I mean really?

I was never into British royalty either, or the american equivalant to Celebrities.

Argentines are a "nation of Italians who speak Spanish, and think they are British".

So even if he hadnt been one of the half of the Argentine population that wasnt of Italian descent he would still be in effect- an 'Itlalian". So this is not really departure from picking Popes from Italy.

First Argie, first Jesuit, first Francis.

Supposedly his choice of Francis sends a message that he's anti-political regarding the Vatican and a bit hint that he reckons himself a reformer. HOPE that's a good thing.

Don't know. Don't care. It's just another man in a dress.

Here's a rather strong opinion:

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3/13/2013 20:13 inauguration. I knew the date was weird, thought about that upcoming several months ago but I didn't catch the 8:13 PM thing until I thought of it in military time.

I was wondering that- what convoluted way someone was going to try to persuade us that this "George of Argentina" who has chosen to call himself "Francis" is somehow really "Peter the Roman" so he fits the Prophecy of St. Malachi.

Thats it?

He just has to be of Italian descent to be 'Peter the Roman'?

If thats the case then more than half the Popes were "Peter the Roman" already!

BTW, I kinda wonder with all the recently re-vogued numerological stupidity and Kaballic/Pythagorean math, what kinds of surprises we might be in for in couple days when its Friday 3/15/13 at 3:15 PM or 15:15 military time. Note that its all the right kinds of lame, also the asteroid broke up over Russia exactly a month before the Ides of March, Friday is the Ides of March.

Sometimes I used to wonder if there were no bounds to the stupidity of people's speculations, now I'm starting to wonder if there's no limit to the stupidity of people's inventions as well.

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It's cathlolisism, what exactly can be done differently? it's a religion based on paganism...that persicutes any other religion including paganism. Includes an incomparable level of sexism and bigotry, spreads lies to the un-educated and has many a priest with a tendancy to go buggering the choir boys. Just to name a few things wrong with it.

Honestly I was hoping that a pope would never be chosen and the religion would die off like many before it.

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Well, I'm not the world's biggest fan of the Catholic Church I was raised in, but here's my impression.

He's conservative. He's Catholic, it goes with the territory. The fact is, my quick read over of his record impressed me. Regardless of what was said about the Falklands War (And let's face it... if you neglect to express public support for your Junta in a speech, you're either suicidal or an idiot), he struck me as pragmatic and courageous. He's not gonna rock the boat, he's not gonna say "It's okay to be gay", because that would undermine the church. The progression from conservative to liberal will happen, as the Church needs to do it in order to survive, but it will be glacial.

The thing that does impress me is his choice of name. I might be partial, as Francis was my patron saint, but he was a great man. If anyone related to the Church could be described as "holy" it would be him. Surprised that he would choose the namesake of another order, though.