New Pope

Kelt · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:22

Grimley said:
That was my thought.

And mine!

Craig1981 · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:24

Geez mate! You've just been leader of millions! At least crack a smile!

Kenai · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:25

Azza said:
Is this guy alright?

Hates gays, hates abortion, hates euthanasia.

Pretty much spot on for a modern progressive Catholic Church.

mjt · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:26

And Islam is stuck in the dark ages..

Grimley · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:26

Nightglow said:
Bad choice, he won't last long before he spring his mortal coil.

The record is 13 days. Back in 1978 when I was 12 I thought, who is is this guy (John Paul 1st) he didn't last long just over a month, I thought that was the shortest :confused:

Abraxaz1 · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:30

mjt said:
And Islam is stuck in the dark ages..

the difference is if your gay in front of a catholic you get dogma sprouted at you, if your gay in front of a fundamental Muslim in a Muslim country you get tortured and killed for it.
so there a little more advanced than islam

HardwareGeek · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:33

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21657407

Mug shots of the supposed front runners, all look the part tbh

#5 & 8 look the most shifty to me

Burnsy2023 · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:35

Craig1981 said:
76 year old pope. They really love to elect them young dont they?

Old people need jobs too.

dirtychinchilla · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:35

I don't quite understand why that frontrunners thing is really about whether they have twitter or not...

nemtizz · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:35

1/10 for the speech, wouldn't listen again.

Kenai · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:37

dirtychinchilla said:
I don't quite understand why that frontrunners thing is really about whether they have twitter or not...

The BBC is obsessed with Twitter for some strange reason.

edit - case in point:

"@pontifex sends its first tweet of the new papacy, with the message: "HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM"."

robfosters · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:38

So the Argies go into the next world cup with The Pope and Lionel Messi on their side. Is it worth anyone else turning up?

deuse · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:40

RDM said:
Yet another conservative that equates adoption by homosexuals as discriminating against children and gay marriage as the work of the devil.

You mean D Cameron

Yaayuh! · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:40

Meeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Efour · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:40

Woot now that god is with them I hope they invade the Falklands again.

Btone · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:40

wonder what happens if the new pope dies before the old pope, does the old pope take over again

Gerard · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:42

Btone said:
wonder what happens if the new pope dies before the old pope, does the old pope take over again

They elect a "new" one, obviously.. "New" in this case being another over the hiller.

kibblerok · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:46

Wondered why Jim Bowen was trending on twitter, clicked it - new pope!

Burnsy2023 · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:46

Spook187 said:
Look at all the brainwashed crowd, like robots following something that is simply made up to control

I don't see how it's different than something like the US President's inauguration or indeed many other public gatherings.

RageQuit© · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:49

This will make such a huge difference to my everyday life.