Jeezuss I sure hope so! Last time we tried that, we got stuck with378 "Pope in the Pizza" pies that spoiled for lack of refrigeration at the old BJ Hqs. That incident by the way was Troll's fault, since he double ordered the pizzas...
Perhaps our members would step up and buy Pope-on-a-Rope Soap if we price it realistically... Say $39.98? Yeah, that seems fair!
We'll run that one past the committee at the next staphph meeting!
Troll said
5:54 PM, 02/12/13
Uke wrote:
Websight? The pope has a websight? Does Jeezuss know?
It's Ukeproof
Uke said
6:35 PM, 02/12/13
In that case, I throw my hat into the ring... But wait, will you, the membership at large, support me, Uke as your new pope? Knowing that if I'm elected I refuse ta serve, nor join any club that would have me as a member.
Perhaps a pole is in the offing? No, never mind!
Besides, I'm an atheist. But only when it comes to the "Three Great Monotheistic Faiths" of the world... Those of "The Book"!
Still I'm as good as anybody else. Honest! Yess..."Uke-I"! I concur! That just sounds so...right!
Troll said
6:50 PM, 02/12/13
Troll wrote:
Uke wrote:
Websight? The pope has a websight? Does Jeezuss know?
It's Ukeproof
Uke will delete Gawd's postings in order to speed up Pope.com
A Pope or the Pope all means the same thing to me...nada. Could very well be a "Pooped Pope" or a Pope that has gotten good intelligence on an imminate alien invasion. Maybe the thing is staged/rigged for the anti-jeebus-crike to take over the world.
Uke said
5:02 PM, 02/16/13
Go ahead, laugh clowns laugh! Meanwhile our BurningJournaldotcom Media Manipulators are hard at work in an undisclosed location in an attempt to sway opinions in Rome towards a Uke-I Papacy!
Conventional wisdom holds that no one from the United States could be elected pope, that the superpower has more than enough worldly influence without an American in the seat of St. Peter.
But after Pope Benedict XVI's extraordinary abdication, church analysts are wondering whether old assumptions still apply, including whether the idea of a U.S. pontiff remains off the table.
Benedict himself has set a tone for change with his dramatic personal example. He is the first pontiff in six centuries to step down. Church leaders and canon lawyers are scrambling to resolve a litany of dilemmas they had never anticipated, such as scheduling a conclave without a funeral first and choosing a title for a former pope.
The conclaves that created the last two pontificates had already upended one tradition: Polish-born Pope John Paul II ended 455 years of Italian papacies with his surprise selection in 1978. Benedict, born in Bavaria, was the first German pope since the 11th century.
"With the election of John Paul, with the election of Benedict, one wonders if the former boundaries seem not to have any more credibility," New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said, discussing Benedict's decision this week at SiriusXM's "The Catholic Channel."
The election also follows a pontificate that featured Americans in unusually prominent roles.
Cardinal William Levada, the former San Francisco archbishop, was the first U.S. prelate to lead the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican's powerful guardian of doctrine. Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former St. Louis archbishop, is the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court. And Benedict appointed others from the U.S. to handle some of his most pressing concerns, including rebuilding ties with breakaway Catholic traditionalists and overseeing the church's response to clergy abuse cases worldwide.
But as Christopher Bellitto, a historian at Kean University in New Jersey who studies the papacy, said, "There's a big difference between letting somebody borrow the car and handing them the keys."
"The American church," he said, "comes with a lot of baggage."
Among the negatives is the clergy sex abuse scandal, which has affected every U.S. diocese and bishop.
The 11 U.S. cardinals expected to vote in the conclave will include Cardinal Roger Mahony, the former Los Angeles archbishop who was recently stripped of public duties by his successor over his record on handling abuse cases. Also attending will be Cardinal Justin Rigali, who stepped down as Philadelphia archbishop after a landmark indictment of priests revealed he had kept several clergy on assignment despite claims they molested children.
The cardinals are also struggling against the perception, held particularly by Europeans, that most Americans aren't sophisticated enough to handle the papacy. In a faith 2,000 years old, the United States is considered relatively new ground. Europe was still sending missionaries to the U.S. to create the church through the early 1900s.
Popes are also expected to be multilingual, or to at minimum speak Italian fluently. Dolan, considered to have one of the highest profiles in the U.S. church, speaks only halting Italian and a little Spanish, but no French or Latin. He led the North American Seminary in Rome, a kind of West Point for American priests, but has never worked in a Vatican office.
Raiding the Vatican's stash, Italy could pay off its debt, and then repay the loans from the ECB as well! Then they could stay solvent, get people back t work, and stop screwing off! But noooohhh... We're forbidden by Roman Law from messing with the Holy Roman catholic Church! After all...Jeezuss hisownselph would probably be pissed off if anybody messed with Daddy's church!
-- Edited by Uke on Saturday 16th of February 2013 11:23:14 PM
Cy Valley said
1:23 AM, 02/17/13
You could have knocked me over with a feather when I learned that Uke has such a strong interest in all affairs Vatican.
Uke said
2:59 AM, 02/17/13
I'll be honest with ya Cy... Do ya know how much real wealth them Catholics have been stashing over the centuries? And it's all very carefully cataloged in vaults beneath the Vatican. Very few outsiders have ever seen any of it. Stolen art works, gold, jewels fit for a king's ransom! B.B. King's guitar, Lucille, and more!
The pope has access. Nobody ever questions Il Papa whenever he decides ta visit the treasure trove. Nope! After all the pope wouldn't be the pope without the keys, now would he? Of course not!
Ya might find a few factoids about "The Vatican Treasures" by Gaggling it...
Think King Tut! And more. You'll get the picture. And those Cathloics have never paid one red cent in taxes. The Italian government sees the Holy Roman Catholic Church (and the Vatican) as holy, and therefore above common law! Hence not taxed!
Idiots!
Snippy said
4:22 AM, 02/17/13
Cy Valley wrote:
You could have knocked me over with a feather when I learned that Fuck Uke has such a strong interest in all affairs Vatican.
Troll, roll the stained glass picture......
Freddie Krueger said
5:21 AM, 02/17/13
Don't elect Uke, but it still might happen. I just read in the Huffington Post that the next Pope will be the last, as predicted from some Irish Saint around 1200. Remember when Uke got the keys to the last adventure????
Jeezuss I sure hope so! Last time we tried that, we got stuck with378 "Pope in the Pizza" pies that spoiled for lack of refrigeration at the old BJ Hqs. That incident by the way was Troll's fault, since he double ordered the pizzas...
Perhaps our members would step up and buy Pope-on-a-Rope Soap if we price it realistically... Say $39.98? Yeah, that seems fair!
We'll run that one past the committee at the next staphph meeting!
It's Ukeproof
In that case, I throw my hat into the ring... But wait, will you, the membership at large, support me, Uke as your new pope? Knowing that if I'm elected I refuse ta serve, nor join any club that would have me as a member.
Perhaps a pole is in the offing? No, never mind!
Besides, I'm an atheist. But only when it comes to the "Three Great Monotheistic Faiths" of the world... Those of "The Book"!
Still I'm as good as anybody else. Honest! Yess..."Uke-I"! I concur! That just sounds so...right!
Uke will delete Gawd's postings in order to speed up Pope.com
Pope Uke?.......Gawd says hell no.....
Could very well be a "Pooped Pope" or a Pope that has gotten
good intelligence on an imminate alien invasion. Maybe the
thing is staged/rigged for the anti-jeebus-crike to take over
the world.
Go ahead, laugh clowns laugh! Meanwhile our BurningJournaldotcom Media Manipulators are hard at work in an undisclosed location in an attempt to sway opinions in Rome towards a Uke-I Papacy!
Further:
Could the Next Pope Come From the United States?
By RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer
Conventional wisdom holds that no one from the United States could be elected pope, that the superpower has more than enough worldly influence without an American in the seat of St. Peter.
But after Pope Benedict XVI's extraordinary abdication, church analysts are wondering whether old assumptions still apply, including whether the idea of a U.S. pontiff remains off the table.
Benedict himself has set a tone for change with his dramatic personal example. He is the first pontiff in six centuries to step down. Church leaders and canon lawyers are scrambling to resolve a litany of dilemmas they had never anticipated, such as scheduling a conclave without a funeral first and choosing a title for a former pope.
The conclaves that created the last two pontificates had already upended one tradition: Polish-born Pope John Paul II ended 455 years of Italian papacies with his surprise selection in 1978. Benedict, born in Bavaria, was the first German pope since the 11th century.
"With the election of John Paul, with the election of Benedict, one wonders if the former boundaries seem not to have any more credibility," New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said, discussing Benedict's decision this week at SiriusXM's "The Catholic Channel."
The election also follows a pontificate that featured Americans in unusually prominent roles.
Cardinal William Levada, the former San Francisco archbishop, was the first U.S. prelate to lead the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican's powerful guardian of doctrine. Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former St. Louis archbishop, is the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court. And Benedict appointed others from the U.S. to handle some of his most pressing concerns, including rebuilding ties with breakaway Catholic traditionalists and overseeing the church's response to clergy abuse cases worldwide.
But as Christopher Bellitto, a historian at Kean University in New Jersey who studies the papacy, said, "There's a big difference between letting somebody borrow the car and handing them the keys."
"The American church," he said, "comes with a lot of baggage."
Among the negatives is the clergy sex abuse scandal, which has affected every U.S. diocese and bishop.
The 11 U.S. cardinals expected to vote in the conclave will include Cardinal Roger Mahony, the former Los Angeles archbishop who was recently stripped of public duties by his successor over his record on handling abuse cases. Also attending will be Cardinal Justin Rigali, who stepped down as Philadelphia archbishop after a landmark indictment of priests revealed he had kept several clergy on assignment despite claims they molested children.
The cardinals are also struggling against the perception, held particularly by Europeans, that most Americans aren't sophisticated enough to handle the papacy. In a faith 2,000 years old, the United States is considered relatively new ground. Europe was still sending missionaries to the U.S. to create the church through the early 1900s.
Popes are also expected to be multilingual, or to at minimum speak Italian fluently. Dolan, considered to have one of the highest profiles in the U.S. church, speaks only halting Italian and a little Spanish, but no French or Latin. He led the North American Seminary in Rome, a kind of West Point for American priests, but has never worked in a Vatican office.
-- Edited by Uke on Saturday 16th of February 2013 05:04:12 PM
Raiding the Vatican's stash, Italy could pay off its debt, and then repay the loans from the ECB as well! Then they could stay solvent, get people back t work, and stop screwing off! But noooohhh... We're forbidden by Roman Law from messing with the Holy Roman catholic Church! After all...Jeezuss hisownselph would probably be pissed off if anybody messed with Daddy's church!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1374126/Vatican-treasures-including-Holy-Towel-Of-Jesus-display-British-Museum.html
-- Edited by Uke on Saturday 16th of February 2013 11:23:14 PM
The pope has access. Nobody ever questions Il Papa whenever he decides ta visit the treasure trove. Nope! After all the pope wouldn't be the pope without the keys, now would he? Of course not!
Ya might find a few factoids about "The Vatican Treasures" by Gaggling it...
Think King Tut! And more. You'll get the picture. And those Cathloics have never paid one red cent in taxes. The Italian government sees the Holy Roman Catholic Church (and the Vatican) as holy, and therefore above common law! Hence not taxed!
Idiots!
Troll, roll the stained glass picture......