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[misko27]

Hehe, I brought up the Sex scandals with my mother, and she regailed me with a few things about my church.

"My father always said, never trust a priest who isn't maried (Priests can marry in the church, hence my last name actually meaning "Son of the priest"). In The Eastern Orthodox Church, they can only get married ONCE after they take their rites. So they look very hard for a good woman, and then they take very good care of her (women can divorce too.). Because if they don't, it's the life of a monk for them.
Furthermore, a women can get divorced, but only 3 times. Marry, Divorce, Marry, Divorce, Marry, Divorce. Because after that, the Problem is YOU, not your mates.'

[Glowcat]

The new pope has an... interesting history.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

That article is horrifically written, I'm not even sure exactly what it is saying about the new pope, other than he's Argentinian and Argentina did terrible things back in the day. Summery?

[PanH]

What I understood was that he hosted political prisoners of the dictatorship in his holidays home to hide them from a delegation of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission.

[Glowcat]

It's an older article that was raging about Bergolio being a contender for pope because of how he and the Argentinian Church cooperated with a dictatorship that was stealing people away for torture. I bet the author is even less pleased now that Bergolio is pope.

EDIT: Maybe I should've linked a more modern article. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/14/pope-francis-argentina-military-junta

[Hubris Incalculable]

Very late papal movie pun: No country for old popes.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Very late papal movie pun: No country for old popes.

But they do have a country.

[lordcooper]

Spoiler: The new Pope sure does have a lot to answer for. (click to show/hide)

[Hubris Incalculable]

Very late papal movie pun: No country for old popes.

But they do have a country.

Old as in former.

[ShoesandHats]

Very late contribution to Pope Fiction, but that made me GUFFAW with CHORTLES.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"What does Our Lord God look like?"
"W-what?"
"What religion are you?"
"What?"
"What ain't no religion I ever heard of. They speak Latin in What?"
"What?"
"Latin, damnable heathen, do you speak it?"
"YES!"
"So you know what I'm saying?"
"Y-yes!"
"Describe what Our Lord God looks like!"
"W-what, I-"
"Say what again, say what again! I beseech you, I double beseech you, heathen, say what one more time!"
"H-he's white..."
"Go on."
"He's got a beard..."
"Does he look like a false god?"
"What?"
*Lightning smiting*

[Duuvian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus <-Jesuit

This pope's choice of names could definitely be worse.

Read of his namesake here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi

Judging from his name alone, this pope may be different. I am nearly entirely lacking in an education in these things; what I know will have come from wikipedia as I have no books on Catholic history. However, judging from the name and what admitably little I know of his order, this is a promising sign from the Catholic church and one that I can support, I think, as long as it is not words and instead actions to give relief to the desperately poor of any creed; my preference being without requiring anything more other than listening to a simple suggestion to do good for others in a person's own way, not and perhaps especially not necessarily Catholic ways even (as to ask them to become Catholic or even Christian is asking something for something in the eyes of many), should they have the opportunity to do so in the future. This I think would be the path I would set the church on were I in his shoes and in return I think non-Catholics would be appreciative. That appreciation, varying from person to person, as of late seem to be somewhat uncommon and, in my opinion, through no fault but the church's; the most publicized reason of which, if you would hear my advice, should be handled in much stricter and secular fashion than previous instances.

That stuff about Argentina is worrying, however, and I hope the issue is entirely out in the open, though if it is not I would rather know the truth of the matter. Certainly it will be difficult to argue against the word of the pope and his institution, though possibly for different reasons than the good RedKing listed.

Very late contribution to Pope Fiction, but that made me GUFFAW with CHORTLES.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"What does Our Lord God look like?"
"W-what?"
"What religion are you?"
"What?"
"What ain't no religion I ever heard of. They speak Latin in What?"
"What?"
"Latin, damnable heathen, do you speak it?"
"YES!"
"So you know what I'm saying?"
"Y-yes!"
"Describe what Our Lord God looks like!"
"W-what, I-"
"Say what again, say what again! I beseech you, I double beseech you, heathen, say what one more time!"
"H-he's white..."
"Go on."
"He's got a beard..."
"Does he look like a false god?"
"What?"
*Lightning smiting*

Win.

[MonkeyHead]

Nah, he seems to be a humble man, which means now granted this level of power he is unlikley to use it in any meaningful way. I suspect he was elected by those that want to rule from behind the throne through manipulating him in order to ensure the status quo.

[Owlbread]

He's also a reactionary old goat. Pretty damned conservative. Of course, he would be, otherwise he wouldn't be the pope.

[Ricky]

Technically Penguinofhonor is correct, the pope is full blooded italian, just born in argentina

As for the whole "pope peter" prophecy, this may be far fetched, but I kinda hope he's going to deny the Argentina incident 3 times, a la peter and Jesus, before more evidence shows up and Rome crumbles in some apocalyptic nightmare.


Breaking Pope

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[10ebbor10]

Another note about the Papal name, one of the Jesuit's founders  was named  Fransicus to. Most important thing he did was visiting Eastern countries to talk to the other religions there.