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Phlameseeker
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New Pope has been chosen.

Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:11 pm

I'm not too bothered, but its on Sky News. Theres white smoke, and St Peters' bells are ringing.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:13 pm

Agh!
I'm not Catholic but i'm so excited!
I"ve been to the Vatican (i'm jealous of all the time they're spending in the Sistine Chapel btw.) ... and man, I can just... imagine the charge, the energy that is there.
The adreniline must be running.

To hear those bells... *shiver*
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:20 pm

ahoteinrun wrote:Agh!
I'm not Catholic but i'm so excited!
I"ve been to the Vatican (i'm jealous of all the time they're spending in the Sistine Chapel btw.) ... and man, I can just... imagine the charge, the energy that is there.
The adreniline must be running.

To hear those bells... *shiver*

Yea. After I heard the bells I got shivers down my spine. My mum told me that grey smoke had appeared so turned my TV to CNN. I think it'll be Cardinal Ratzinger to be honest. I can't wait to see who it is!
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:43 pm

They're opening... the curtains.
*eye twitch*

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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:44 pm

Yep. The closest Cardinal to Pope John Paul II. I wonder what name he has chosen? John Paul III?

EDIT: Pope Benedict XVI
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:45 pm

Ixistant wrote:Yep. The closest Cardinal to Pope John Paul II. I wonder what name he has chosen? John Paul III?


Benedict the 16th... if i'm not mistaken.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:45 pm

Pope Benedict. O_o they can choose new names?
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:47 pm

Phlameseeker wrote:Pope Benedict. O_o they can choose new names?


Well, pope John Paul II was caled Karol Voitera (or something like that). They change their names. It's tradition.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:47 pm

Phlameseeker wrote:Pope Benedict. O_o they can choose new names?


Yes they always choose new names... if i'm not mistaken.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:48 pm

Wow, how strange. Why though??
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:59 pm

Ixistant wrote:
Phlameseeker wrote:Pope Benedict. O_o they can choose new names?


Well, pope John Paul II was caled Karol Voitera (or something like that). They change their names. It's tradition.


Karol Wojtyla, actually.

The tradition of popes changing their names began a long time ago when a pope was elected whose given name was "Mercury." Having a pope named after a pagan god seemed inappropriate, so he took the name John. In recent centuries, it seems that popes have all changed their names, but there isn't any requirement to do so.

Also, naming themselves after another previous pope sometimes shows that they honour the papacy of that predecessor.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:00 pm

It's rather interesting, he did not take an Apostolistic name.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:08 pm

I can't believe we've got a nazi pope. Despicable.

I don't like him much.

Apart from him being a rampant right-winger ('let's help spread AIDS in Africa!') I don't like his hair.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:15 pm

Igg wrote:I can't believe we've got a nazi pope. Despicable.

I don't like him much.

Apart from him being a rampant right-winger ('let's help spread AIDS in Africa!') I don't like his hair.


Although I don't agree with some of his views, and I agree with you on the hair, how on earth is he a Nazi pope? Was he a supporter of the Nazi party? Oh my, I'm starting to sound like Iashi!
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:23 pm

Ixistant wrote:
Igg wrote:I can't believe we've got a nazi pope. Despicable.

I don't like him much.

Apart from him being a rampant right-winger ('let's help spread AIDS in Africa!') I don't like his hair.


Although I don't agree with some of his views, and I agree with you on the hair, how on earth is he a Nazi pope? Was he a supporter of the Nazi party? Oh my, I'm starting to sound like Iashi!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/ That's his profile. Al though Igg has a point, I think her opinion was a bit over-board, nazi, despicable, and let's spread AIDS ... ah well, I'll just shut up about that.

I myself don't know that much yet aout the pope, except for what I have read. But I guess it all idn't that important to me as an individual.
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