Who is going to be the next Pope?

[ASUMountaineer]

Religion is dying a slow death. Catholocism is the poster child for the dangers of organized religion.

You do not need that nonsense to have meaninful relationship with god. That people do need it is not a product of reason, but the result of thousands of years of forced indoctrination and trillions of dollars worth of infrastructure focused on manufacturing need.

The Church will never fail. Christ has guaranteed that. He can't help that some within that church don't live up to his standard. Remember FREE WILL. Remember that whole little speech I gave you and you still refused to answer ONE question. Hmmm...........

Wait, does this mean you're back to hating "Man Tits?"

[BDKJMU]

From Rome to Africa: Meet the 20 men who could be pope
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[LeadBolt]

CARDINAL PETER ERDO

[Ivytalk]

I like Marc Ouellet of Canada. Best slap shot in the group!

[Ibanez]

The Irish have a pool on this. I think the cardinal from Ghana is leading but IIRC he isn't a serious contender.

[Ibanez]

Father Guido Sarducci would make a great pope.

[D1B]

I like Marc Ouellet of Canada. Best slap shot in the group!

His country and his church is embroiled in one of the worst sex abuse/murder/concentration camp/slavery/genocide scandals in the world.

Wikipedia

There has long been significant historiographical and popular controversy about the conditions experienced by students in the residential schools. While day schools for First Nations, Metis and Inuit children always far outnumbered residential schools, a new consensus emerged in the early twenty-first century that the latter schools did significant harm to Aboriginal children who attended them by removing them from their families, depriving them of their ancestral languages, and exposing many of them to physical and sexual abuse at the hands of staff and other students. This consensus was symbolized by the June 11, 2008 public apology offered, not only by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on behalf of the Government of Canada, but also by the leaders of all the other parties in the Canadian House of Commons.[1] As well, just nine days prior, the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to uncover the truth about the schools. As of 2012 the Commission's hearings are ongoing.

The pope also offered the following mealy-mouthed apology for the catholic church's significant role in fostering the abuse and torture of these children.

His Holiness recalled that since the earliest days of her presence in Canada, the Church, particularly through her missionary personnel, has closely accompanied the indigenous peoples. Given the sufferings that some indigenous children experienced in the Canadian Residential School system, the Holy Father expressed his sorrow at the anguish caused by the deplorable conduct of some members of the Church and he offered his sympathy and prayerful solidarity. His Holiness emphasized that acts of abuse cannot be tolerated in society. He prayed that all those affected would experience healing, and he encouraged First Nations Peoples to continue to move forward with renewed hope.

The other issue with Ouellet is his brother is a convicted pedophile.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Considering that 40% of all Catholics are in South America and Central America, hopefully a Latino is a serious candidate.

[ASUMountaineer]

Father Guido Sarducci would make a great pope.

Father ASUMountaineer would make an excellent pope. And, unlike those dudes dressed as women, I'm an actual father.

[GannonFan]

I like Marc Ouellet of Canada. Best slap shot in the group!

His country and his church is embroiled in one of the worst sex abuse/murder/concentration camp/slavery/genocide scandals in the world.

Wikipedia

There has long been significant historiographical and popular controversy about the conditions experienced by students in the residential schools. While day schools for First Nations, Metis and Inuit children always far outnumbered residential schools, a new consensus emerged in the early twenty-first century that the latter schools did significant harm to Aboriginal children who attended them by removing them from their families, depriving them of their ancestral languages, and exposing many of them to physical and sexual abuse at the hands of staff and other students. This consensus was symbolized by the June 11, 2008 public apology offered, not only by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on behalf of the Government of Canada, but also by the leaders of all the other parties in the Canadian House of Commons.[1] As well, just nine days prior, the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to uncover the truth about the schools. As of 2012 the Commission's hearings are ongoing.

The pope also offered the following mealy-mouthed apology for the catholic church's significant role in fostering the abuse and torture of these children.

His Holiness recalled that since the earliest days of her presence in Canada, the Church, particularly through her missionary personnel, has closely accompanied the indigenous peoples. Given the sufferings that some indigenous children experienced in the Canadian Residential School system, the Holy Father expressed his sorrow at the anguish caused by the deplorable conduct of some members of the Church and he offered his sympathy and prayerful solidarity. His Holiness emphasized that acts of abuse cannot be tolerated in society. He prayed that all those affected would experience healing, and he encouraged First Nations Peoples to continue to move forward with renewed hope.

The other issue with Ouellet is his brother is a convicted pedophile.

So Ouellet shouldn't be pope because people who worked for the Church years before Ouellet was born did bad things, and Ouellet agrees that they did bad things? And he shouldn't be a pope because his brother is a criminal? There are pedophiles in Iowa and yet we still let you guys out and about.

[D1B]

His country and his church is embroiled in one of the worst sex abuse/murder/concentration camp/slavery/genocide scandals in the world.



The pope also offered the following mealy-mouthed apology for the catholic church's significant role in fostering the abuse and torture of these children.



The other issue with Ouellet is his brother is a convicted pedophile.

So Ouellet shouldn't be pope because people who worked for the Church years before Ouellet was born did bad things, and Ouellet agrees that they did bad things? And he shouldn't be a pope because his brother is a criminal? There are pedophiles in Iowa and yet we still let you guys out and about.

Relax, Francis.

I'm not saying he shouldn't be pope, just that he won't, IMO, cuz of all the trouble in his country and his family.

To clarify, his brother is also a pedophile.

The church has been avoiding even this level of controversy.

BTW, St. Augustine, the last of these barbaric schools closed in 1996. So he was around.

[GannonFan]

So Ouellet shouldn't be pope because people who worked for the Church years before Ouellet was born did bad things, and Ouellet agrees that they did bad things? And he shouldn't be a pope because his brother is a criminal? There are pedophiles in Iowa and yet we still let you guys out and about.

Relax, Francis.

I'm not saying he shouldn't be pope, just that he won't, IMO, cuz of all the trouble in his country and his family.

To clarify, his brother is also a pedophile.

The church has been avoiding even this level of controversy.

BTW, St. Augustine, the last of these barbaric schools closed in 1996. So he was around.

Is there any country where there hasn't been abuse by Catholic clergy, especially if you go back hundreds of years? Why would that disqualify this guy just because there's been crimes in Canada like elsewhere? One would think his actions in response to the abuse (which have been good) would be more important, rather than the fact that abuse happened. And to clarify, whatever his brother is has no real bearing on this guy - they aren't electing his brother.

[D1B]

Relax, Francis.

I'm not saying he shouldn't be pope, just that he won't, IMO, cuz of all the trouble in his country and his family.

To clarify, his brother is also a pedophile.

The church has been avoiding even this level of controversy.

BTW, St. Augustine, the last of these barbaric schools closed in 1996. So he was around.

Is there any country where there hasn't been abuse by Catholic clergy, especially if you go back hundreds of years? Why would that disqualify this guy just because there's been crimes in Canada like elsewhere? One would think his actions in response to the abuse (which have been good) would be more important, rather than the fact that abuse happened. And to clarify, whatever his brother is has no real bearing on this guy - they aren't electing his brother.

You don't understand how the world works now.

It's vital for the church to maintain the myth of divinity or infallibility of the pope. The pope's brother being a pedophile, in an age where your church is righfully being hammered with an exploding worldwide scandal, is something they don't want to deal with in an age of instant information and growing discontent with the church.

They did exactly what I said they'd do:

1. America too hot, gave up on Europe and went with Latin American, from a country with few active abuse cases in the media.

BTW, amongst all the subterfuge with conclave, did you notice there are two new exploding child abuse issues breaking? Scotland and Joliet, Il. Archdioce of Joliet just released (by court order) the names and files on 15 pedophile priests. That's quite a few for a diocese that size. That's also the 15 the church agreed to, there are no doubt more.

[ASUG8]

Relax, Francis.

Irony that DB1 got the name right.

[GannonFan]

Relax, Francis.

Irony that DB1 got the name right.

I thought that too!

[dbackjon]

Relax, Francis.

Irony that DB1 got the name right.

Wait - what if D1B really is the ex-pope??

[D1B]

Irony that DB1 got the name right.

Wait - what if D1B really is the ex-pope??

Good call, but I aint gay, like Benedict and the rest of Ladies in Red.

[D1B]

Relax, Francis.

Irony that DB1 got the name right.

Eat shit, Fuck Wad.

[BDKJMU]

Bump. And this thread delivers.

[BDKJMU]

The Conclave begins..

CONCLAVE QUICK RECAP

•The College of Cardinals began meeting in Vatican City Wednesday, May 7, 2025, to elect a new pope as the Bishop of Rome.

•A papal conclave is an ancient electoral process through the Catholic Church where those under the age of 80 in the College of Cardinals vote to elect a new pontiff.

•The conclave began in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel where cardinals are being kept in strict isolation to keep them far from any outside influence from the rest of the world.

•Pope Francis, the 266th Vicar of Christ, was elected in 2013 and died on April 21, 2025.

•Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo, among others, are floated possible pope candidates.

•The College of Cardinals will signal to the world that a new pope has been selected when white smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

•Each time the College of Cardinals votes on a new pope but does not elect one, the end of a voting round will be signified with black smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney.

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/vatic ... lic-church

[GannonFan]

Black smoke tonight after Round 1, voting will continue tomorrow.

[BDKJMU]

[BDKJMU]

[GannonFan]

An American Pope!!!!! Holy Cow!!!! And, as my wife let me know, a nova grad, so FCS is now represented in the Vatican. My first son's confirmation name is Leo, so that's pretty cool too.

[BDKJMU]