Please don't let it be another old white guy...

[Tisket]

Coming soon to a Vatican near you...the newest Pope.

[Tgo01]

Coming soon to a Vatican near you...the newest Pope.

I hope the new pope is a black Mormon.

[Parkbandit]

Coming soon to a Vatican near you...the newest Pope.

Well, we know it won't be a WOMANZ!

[Tisket]

Not this century but I bet in a 100 years it'll be a woman!

[Drew]

He may not be white but guaranteed he's quite old.

[Tisket]

Well motherfuck.

[Tisket]

I mean uh god bless and keep the new pope!

That's what I meant.

[Parkbandit]

Well motherfuck.

Enjoy a free trip to H E L L !!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Tisket]

Actually, listening to the talking heads on TV and I'm feeling better about the choice made. Also, hispanic.

[Some Rogue]

http://youtu.be/R2YrTxfbToM

[Tgo01]

Actually, listening to the talking heads on TV and I'm feeling better about the choice made. Also, hispanic.

Hispanic?! That does it, I'm no longer listening to the church or following their guidelines.

[subzero]

I agree with Smokey. This guy is gonna cover up the booty-hole plungin his priests do just like the last guy.

[Atlanteax]

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, has been elected Pope Francis I, CBS News reported.

Ruh-oh, Populism in the Papacy now.

[Some Rogue]

Hispanic?! That does it, I'm no longer listening to the church or following their guidelines.

Communion is going to be done with tortillas and tequila now though!

[Fallen]

4707

[Tgo01]

Communion is going to be done with tortillas and tequila now though!

Hmm...okay I'm in!

[Tisket]

4707

Old hispanic guy. Not sure the point of your picture. White looking hispanic dude is still hispanic.

[Fallen]

Old hispanic guy. Not sure the point of your picture. White looking hispanic dude is still hispanic.

It is a picture of the new pope. That is not relevant to a thread about the new pope?

[Methais]

I'm surprised they didn't give it to Obama.

[Fallen]

I'm surprised they didn't give it to Obama.


4708

[Methais]

Old hispanic guy. Not sure the point of your picture. White looking hispanic dude is still hispanic.

LIKE THE GUY THAT SHOT TRAYVON?!?!?

[Tisket]

It is a picture of the new pope. That is not relevant to a thread about the new pope?

I expected funnier photoshopped picture when I clicked on it. It was my disappointment lashing out!

[Fallen]

I expected funnier photoshopped picture when I clicked on it. It was my disappointment lashing out!

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/world/10010071719269/top-contenders-to-be-the-next-pope/

It wasn't photoshopped! I wanted to make sure it was actually a picture of the guy...because yes, he looks like a white dude. NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT! (googles pictures of Senfield)

[Tgo01]

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/world/10010071719269/top-contenders-to-be-the-next-pope/

They should have went with the Asian guy.

[Atlanteax]

Well, since he is a *white* Hispanic ... there will not be any protests when/if he comes to the U.S., right?

I wonder as to what extent that was a consideration, considering how much $$ donations that the Church depends on that is raised in the U.S. (see reference in other Church-related thread).

[Keller]

How cool would it have been if he'd come out and led St. Peter's Square in the Harlem Shake.

Lost opportunity.

[TheEschaton]

Bergoglio is known for modernizing an Argentine church that had been among the most conservative in Latin America.

Read more: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/world/10010071719269/top-contenders-to-be-the-next-pope/#ixzz2NSEGMjUl

RUH ROH

[TheEschaton]

Even the name Francis, a saint who gave up his vast wealth to serve the poor as a poor man. This could be exciting shit.

edit:


Allen described the name of Pope Francis as "the most stunning" choice and "precedent shattering."

"There are cornerstone figures in Catholicism" such as St. Francis, Allen said. Figures of such stature as St. Francis seem "irrepeatable -- that there can be only one Francis," he added.

The name symbolizes "poverty, humility, simplicity and rebuilding the Catholic Church," Allen said.

"The new pope is sending a signal that this will not be business as usual," he said.

[Tolwynn]

He's the first Jesuit Pope too, it's quite a departure from the norm.

[TheEschaton]

JESUITS ALL UP IN THIS PIECE.

[Keller]

JES-U-ITS! JES-U-ITS!

[KneeCapper]

JES-U-TITS! JES-U-TITS! Yeah but thats a different thread that we all like.

[Methais]

Even the name Francis, a saint who gave up his vast wealth to serve the poor as a poor man. This could be exciting shit.

edit:

How do you know it's not referring to Francis Fratelli?

[TheEschaton]

As an 11 year veteran of Jesuit education, and considering the top contenders in that piece linked earlier, I could scarcely have picked a better Pope myself.

[Latrinsorm]

It's all well and good to wonder what he would do, but at 76 how much is he going to be able to get done before getting promoted? (Or, potentially, relegated?)

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Is it true that the smoke used to signify the voting process is actually internal investigation records of child molestation cases?

[diethx]

How do you know it's not referring to Francis Fratelli?

CHECK HIS BASEMENT. CHECK HIS BASEMENT.

[Some Rogue]

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/512/917/38c.jpg (http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/512917-pope-benedict-xvis-resignation)

[Tgo01]

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/512/917/38c.jpg (http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/512917-pope-benedict-xvis-resignation)

Hey cut God some slack, He can't speak to EVERY person involved in the voting process and tell them to all vote the same way. He's busy answering some woman's prayer in Mississippi about finding a good parking spot.

[Gelston]

Hmm.. So I read about him... He was born in Argentina, but both of his parents are from Italy. I see what you did there, Vatican!

[Ardwen]

You do realize he isnt hispanic in any way shape or form right? His parents were italian immigrants to Argentina, So in effect he's just another italian pope, thankfully he's a total vatican outsider, seriously need change there. Also I love the fact that he took abus to work, how many other cardinals do you think do that?

[Atlanteax]

You do realize he isnt hispanic in any way shape or form right? His parents were italian immigrants to Argentina, So in effect he's just another italian pope, thankfully he's a total vatican outsider, seriously need change there. Also I love the fact that he took abus to work, how many other cardinals do you think do that?

Welp, so much for the 'white hispanic' angle.

[Tisket]

You do realize he isnt hispanic in any way shape or form right? His parents were italian immigrants to Argentina, So in effect he's just another italian pope, thankfully he's a total vatican outsider, seriously need change there. Also I love the fact that he took abus to work, how many other cardinals do you think do that?

Well that is disappointing. Another old white guy.

[Gelston]

You do realize he isnt hispanic in any way shape or form right? His parents were italian immigrants to Argentina, So in effect he's just another italian pope, thankfully he's a total vatican outsider, seriously need change there. Also I love the fact that he took abus to work, how many other cardinals do you think do that?

That wasn't in response to me was it?

[Tisket]

That wasn't in response to me was it?

Probably me. I posted before much was known about the new pope.

[Gelston]

Probably me. I posted before much was known about the new pope.

He is just as Argentine as anyone can be I guess. I mean, he was born and grew up there and that is probably most of what he knows, but by blood he is pure Italian. Obviously the Vatican played it safe with him, they picked a guy from South America, which shows they were looking at change, but they picked a guy that was white.

[Androidpk]

They should have gone with a black man from China.

[Tisket]

The least they could've done was slap a little spray on tanner on him before shoving him out on that balcony. My first thought was, "ANOTHER CHALKY WHITE DUDE!"

[Gelston]

They should have made me pope. I am catholic.

Guy is 76 though. Average age for a new Pope is around 64. We'll be doing this again soon I think.

[Tisket]

Are you chalky white and over 75?

[Gelston]

Are you chalky white and over 75?

Hey! They had an 18 year old Pope before! I am older than that! I am good man.

[Ardwen]

The 18 year old popes dad bought him the job, cardinals back then werent above taking bribes, or alot of other unsavory things.

[Androidpk]

​Cardinals these days are clean as a whistle.

[Some Rogue]

Are you chalky white ...?

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Chalky-White-boardwalk-empire-17769084-1600-1200-e1362665347542.jpg

[Methais]

Probably me. I posted before much was known about the new pope.

Oh you hipster, you.

[Drew]

I don't know what you guys think Argentines look like but they are all Italian, Spain-ish, and German immigrants and they generally didn't have relations with native people so they are pretty much all "white" (unlike Brazillians which run the gamut from lily-white to black). This guy is just as Argentine as anyone else in the country.

[Drew]

Here's a nice picture of famous people from Argentina:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/People_from_Argentina.png/631px-People_from_Argentina.png

[Tisket]

You do realize he isnt hispanic in any way shape or form right? His parents were italian immigrants to Argentina, So in effect he's just another italian pope, thankfully he's a total vatican outsider, seriously need change there. Also I love the fact that he took abus to work, how many other cardinals do you think do that?

Hispanic can be used regardless of actual race so the pope is indeed hispanic.

[Latrinsorm]

Well that is disappointing. Another old white guy.


The extra space made it look like you had a secret message to be highlighted. Tease!

[Ardwen]

weird here I thought Hispanic meant of Spanish and perhaps Portuguese descent, Heck, I'm Italian too I must be Hispanic, does that mean I can check all those little boxes on applications?

[Methais]

weird here I thought Hispanic meant of Spanish and perhaps Portuguese descent, Heck, I'm Italian too I must be Hispanic, does that mean I can check all those little boxes on applications?

I hope so. I'd just be upset that I missed out on all those benefits for so long.

[Back]

Call me agnostic, more a man of science than faith, but even I understand that the minds of men bend with proper influence and that is why I like Pope Francis. Good call, Conclave, good call. Papal reign, papal reign...

[TheEschaton]

Elsewhere, science folks everywhere cringe while the religious breathe a sigh of relief.

[Parkbandit]

Elsewhere, science folks everywhere cringe while the religious breathe a sigh of relief.

LOL.

[Back]

Elsewhere, science folks everywhere cringe while the religious breathe a sigh of relief.

Well, yeah, anything religious is cringe worthy but this guy's message of humility and helping the poor has some beneficial aspects to it.

[Fallen]

If the new pope truly brings a renewed focus to aiding the poor then it will be a boon for everyone.

[Parkbandit]

Well, yeah, anything religious is cringe worthy but this guy's message of humility and helping the poor has some beneficial aspects to it.

Woooooosh?

[TheEschaton]

Except that message has been a part of the Church's teachings since some guy named Jesus was living.

[Ardwen]

might be the message, but an awful lot of them dont follow the message very well

[Back]

Exactly why, as a non-religious person, I feel that this cat is where it's at in terms of good popeness.

[Ardwen]

Love some of what this guy stands for, the other half of his message is total crap though heh