Pope Benedict XVI resigns. Kuya wonders why the catholic church selected a conservative pope

[Mertron]

Thinks that gay people adopting children is discrimination. Nothing to see here, folks.

i looked up his views and saw all the gay stuff. i was going to post it, but a pope being against the gays wouldnt really be newsworthy

[Rhinox]

The ultra conservative college of cardinals select a ultra conservative pope? No way

[Moss]

and he reportedly cooks his own meals.

!

[Kuya]

I wonder why the catholic church selected a conservative pope

[Correction]

I wonder why the catholic church selected a conservative pope

Depends on who you ask.

[Xno Kappa]

Bullshit, JP da Deuce was the first Hispanic pope. Fuck these reporters.

[Talint]

Depends on who you ask.

Fucking lol.

That lefties are accusing the new pope of handing over lefties to the right wing junta for execution makes me adore the new pope.

[ronin sparthos]

Bullshit, JP da Deuce was the first Hispanic pope. Fuck these reporters.

Ah old JPII, the Bill Clinton of Popes.

[Kuya]

Thank you tyven. I feel i've fulfilled my duties in this thread.

[Clash Perez]

So is Benedict still infallible? Or does that go along with the ring and red shoes?

What happens if Benny and Francis don't agree on something?

[Avinor]

What happens if Benny and Francis don't agree on something?

[Eurell]

video/pope-francis-resigns,31660/

[Ragnus]

Putting aside the being staunchly anti-gay because that's a huge surprise...

He's had a track record of railing against the decadence that comes with reaching the high echelons of the church. When appointed archbishop, he refused to live in the archbishop's palace as well as refused to use the chauffeured car that he was entitled to in favor of living in an apartment and taking the bus every day. He may turn out to be an outspoken voice for the poor in the world since this chosen name is referring to Francis of Assisi.

[kuronosan]

Or he might turn out to be a sissy.

[Drex]

Putting aside the being staunchly anti-gay because that's a huge surprise...

He's had a track record of railing against the decadence that comes with reaching the high echelons of the church. When appointed archbishop, he refused to live in the archbishop's palace as well as refused to use the chauffeured car that he was entitled to in favor of living in an apartment and taking the bus every day. He may turn out to be an outspoken voice for the poor in the world since this chosen name is referring to Francis of Assisi.

Heard on radio that he is the first Jesuit pope, feel free to fact check but if so that is their whole schtick

[Tyrath]

Or he might turn out to be a sissy.

My money is on this until I see any proof of it being otherwise.

[Ragnus]

Heard on radio that he is the first Jesuit pope, feel free to fact check but if so that is their whole schtick

Went to a Jesuit high school and, yeah, I can pretty much confirm they're big on that as well as education.

[kuronosan]

I too can confirm that Jesuits are more about the teachings and practice than they are about the rules and regulations.

[Howie Roary]

Or he might turn out to be a sissy.

not bad

http://www.absoluteanime.com/code_geass/cc[2].jpg

[Ksandra]

As a Catholic, you have no idea how both happy and infuriating this makes me:

Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists.

During his homily at Wednesday Mass in Rome, Francis emphasized the importance of "doing good" as a principle that unites all humanity, and a "culture of encounter" to support peace.

Using scripture from the Gospel of Mark, Francis explained how upset Jesus' disciples were that someone outside their group was doing good, according to a report from Vatican Radio.

“They complain,” the Pope said in his homily, because they say, “If he is not one of us, he cannot do good. If he is not of our party, he cannot do good.” And Jesus corrects them: “Do not hinder him, he says, let him do good.” The disciples, Pope Francis explains, “were a little intolerant,” closed off by the idea of ​​possessing the truth, convinced that “those who do not have the truth, cannot do good.” “This was wrong . . . Jesus broadens the horizon.” Pope Francis said, “The root of this possibility of doing good – that we all have – is in creation”

Pope Francis went further in his sermon to say:

"The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the image of the Lord, and He does good and all of us have this commandment at heart: do good and do not do evil. All of us. ‘But, Father, this is not Catholic! He cannot do good.’ Yes, he can... "The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!".. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there.”

Responding to the leader of the Roman Catholic church's homily, Father James Martin, S.J. wrote in an email to The Huffington Post:

"Pope Francis is saying, more clearly than ever before, that Christ offered himself as a sacrifice for everyone. That's always been a Christian belief. You can find St. Paul saying in the First Letter to Timothy that Jesus gave himself as a "ransom for all." But rarely do you hear it said by Catholics so forcefully, and with such evident joy. And in this era of religious controversies, it's a timely reminder that God cannot be confined to our narrow categories."

Of course, not all Christians believe that those who don't believe will be redeemed, and the Pope's words may spark memories of the deep divisions from the Protestant reformation over the belief in redemption through grace versus redemption through works.

The pope's comment has also struck a chord on Reddit, where it is the second most-shared piece.

More from Reuters:

Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in his latest urging that people of all religions - or no religion - work together.

The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made his comments in the homily of his morning Mass in his residence, a daily event where he speaks without prepared comments.

He told the story of a Catholic who asked a priest if even atheists had been redeemed by Jesus.

"Even them, everyone," the pope answered, according to Vatican Radio. "We all have the duty to do good," he said.

"Just do good and we'll find a meeting point," the pope said in a hypothetical conversation in which someone told a priest: "But I don't believe. I'm an atheist."

Francis's reaching out to atheists and people who belong to no religion is a marked contrast to the attitude of former Pope Benedict, who sometimes left non-Catholics feeling that he saw them as second-class believers.

Happy because I know that many Catholics have gone too far away from what Catholicism should really be about (good works). I know I've expressed my sadness in the past how I feel like the Vatican has lost it's way in many areas.

It infuriates me, however, because this is just another glaring example (to me) that with all our teachings and the Catechism, the church should not be condemning gay marriage which has become such a front poster issue to the church.

inb4 lolreligion, but fuck it, I thought this was good enough to post.