New Pope

Arazi · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:28

There has just been a woman on radio 5 live saying the reason it is raining there now is because the rain is a blessing for the people and the new pope because he has been chosen, really, wtf

Cosimo · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:28

sports_brah said:
What a moron.

It's what happens when immaturity strikes again.

sports_brah · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:29

Spook187 said:
It's good to see the numbers fall though, lets see if they have down a different route from the normal coffin dodger out of touch type of pope.

My experience of Catholics and Christians of all denominations, is that they are inherently harmless people with a clear set of morals (whether I agree with them all is another matter, but I know where they are coming from).

In that respect, I don't understand why people are so vitriolically against them?

DirtyJester · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:30

Cosimo said:
It's what happens when immaturity strikes again.

On strike again, what's it after this time....

doofer · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:31

How epic would it be if he's waving to the crowds and gets hit by another 'miracle' lightning bolt...

DirtyJester · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:32

doofer said:
How epic would it be if he's waving to the crowds and gets hit by another 'miracle' lightning bolt...

...and would it be black or white smoke

Turambar · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:32

sports_brah said:
Surely you don't have to be religious to be interested in the new leader of 1,000,000,000 people?

Especially with the impact religion has on the world?

Indeed. The Catholic church are still a powerful organisation. If a complete loon is elected it'll be bad for everyone.

Cosimo · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:32

DirtyJester said:
On strike again, what's it after this time....

I would have thought you'd know.

Redz · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:33

nemtizz said:
inb4 Saville.

More likely to be Jonathon King

ikillbears · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:34

Disco Boy said:
That was much quicker than I expected.

Raymond Lin · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:34

Castiel said:
It depends on who he is and what he does.

The first part makes no difference, the second part is what matters.

Fenris · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:43

Gideon Lorr · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:44

I can't wait for this new Pope to tackle the issues of condom use in Africa to combat HIV, supporting gay marriage, and rooting out pedophiles within the Church....

Bahahaha.

One · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:44

You would have thought in this day and age that the vote could simply have been done online.

MrMoonX · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:46

another man to cover up the institutional child abuse in the catholic church

meh

Fenris · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:47

desires said:
You would have thought in this day and age that the vote could simply have been done online.

It's the Catholic Church, why do anything simply when you can do it by spending more money than the GDP of several small African nations combined? I mean it's not like they are a charitable organisation or anything.

Oh wait.

kibblerok · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:48

Chief Paedo.

mjt · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:49

Who gives a ****, I mean really.
Who actually gives a flying ****? Why is so much of the news devoted to who becomes king of the paedos?

Why is this so important that it requires live updates on all news networks?

hawkhench · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:50

Some comment from the BBC live blog:

"I pray the new Pope will be as active as the old ones, involving himself in all the issues i.e. the youth"

Have they learned nothing?!?

One · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:51

Because it doesn't happen very often and affects millions of people. Same reason we get live updates when there's an earthquake the other side of the globe.

New Pope

Thug