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[MetatronM]

how many languages does he speak? I won't respect a pope who can't speak more than 5 languages

Does he even lift?

 

[Mii]

First Jesuit!

 

[Nokagi]

Beetlepope

Who me?

 

[vulva]

 

[LiK]

Languages: Besides his native Spanish, Bergoglio also speaks Italian and German.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/vi...7/The-new-pope-Cardinal-Jorge-Mario-Bergoglio

Weak

 

[Fari]

No worthwhile jokes yet.

Somebody pointed out that "Pope Francis" is an anagram of "profane pics", but that's about it.

 

[Mavromatis]

Languages: Besides his native Spanish, Bergoglio also speaks Italian and German.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/vi...7/The-new-pope-Cardinal-Jorge-Mario-Bergoglio

And Latin, right? I assume a pope must know Latin.

 

[gutter_trash]

Languages: Besides his native Spanish, Bergoglio also speaks Italian and German.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/vi...7/The-new-pope-Cardinal-Jorge-Mario-Bergoglio

weak!!!!!!! pfffffffff I don't care about this pope

 

[Pollux]

It's not Scola. I can approve of this choice.

 

[justjohn]

The one Argentinian guy I spoke to about this definitely felt more European than Latino.

but ethnically, theyre european.

 

[TheJerit]

As an aside, can you imagine trying to get out of that area afterwards??! Must take fooooorrrreeevvvveeerrr.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

BTW, Reddit's r/atheism is the absolute worst subreddit.

Isn't there one about pictures of dead children?

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

The one Argentinian guy I spoke to about this definitely felt more European than Latino.

People from Spain are latinos too. Many of them refer to themselves as such.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Argentina is basically a European country trapped in South America. I think close to 90% self identify as European descent.

Ehh I think they do it more out of an abundance of ego. They see themselves as above the rest of South America. They complimented me on my Spanish (which the call "Castellano") when I was there, and I explained that with my proximity to Mexico growing up, I learned a lot from friends...to which they tutted, expressing that Mexican Spanish and their Spanish were totally different languages (they're not at all).

 

[Acquiescence]

Languages: Besides his native Spanish, Bergoglio also speaks Italian and German.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/vi...7/The-new-pope-Cardinal-Jorge-Mario-Bergoglio

Can't even speak his home language of Argentinian? Pfft, what the hell.

 

[Pacbois]

His French Wikipedia page was vandalized for a few minutes.

"Religion sucks long live metallica and satan!"

High-end trolling.

 

[Santerestil]

It's uncanny

If you want an avatar... you are all too late.

 

[KtSlime]

Languages: Besides his native Spanish, Bergoglio also speaks Italian and German.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/vi...7/The-new-pope-Cardinal-Jorge-Mario-Bergoglio

No Latin and Attic/Koine Greek?

 

[Boom Boom Pow]

but ethnically, theyre european.

it depends if their ancestors mixed with the natives or not

 

[vulva]

His French Wikipedia page was vandalized for a few minutes.

"Religion sucks long live metallica and satan!"

High-end trolling.

looked like a lazy attempt at "Religion is shit" but they spelt merde wrong

 

[The Technomancer]

His French Wikipedia page was vandalized for a few minutes.

"Religion sucks long live metallica and satan!"

High-end trolling.

...Metallica? Really?

 

[Future Foundation]

Why the fuck didn't CNN's lead commentator do the most basic of fucking research on Papal history?

You answered your own question. It's CNN.

 

[Maninthemirror]

Can't even speak his home language of Argentinian? Pfft, what the hell.

Uh... Spanish is spoken in Argentina

 

[gutter_trash]

People from Spain are latinos too. Many of them refer to themselves as such.

the term Latino is a bullshit term created by France to try to create some sort of cultural superiority vibe for Italy, France, Portugal and Spain during the height of French cultural influence.

the term stuck onto South America during those same times during post colonialism and independence of Latin American countries

 

[Kurtofan]

The one Argentinian guy I spoke to about this definitely felt more European than Latino.

If you think about it, everyone who comes from a Romance language speaking country is Latino.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

but ethnically, theyre european.

Does that make them better people? That whole Argentinians are Europeans stuff gets on my nerves. Like being latino makes them lesser people.

 

[Takuya]

His French Wikipedia page was vandalized for a few minutes.

"Religion sucks long live metallica and satan!"

High-end trolling.

With all the language bs going on in Quebec, I'm not surprised one of them wrote that.

 

[el retorno]

I like his social justice stance, few GOPers are already calling him a socialist/commie

 

[vas_a_morir]

Isn't there one about pictures of dead children?

Close, but r/Atheism is still worse.

 

[Acquiescence]

Uh... Spanish is spoken in Argentina

 

[keit4]

People from Spain are latinos too. Many of them refer to themselves as such.

lolololol

Don't make me laugh.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

As a Practicing Catholic I'll give my first takes, because I think some people might be curious to hear our perspective (You might not be, but ah well)

Well, it's huge to see an Argentinian Pope, one of the Italian Cardinals (sorry I forget which one) had said earlier that they (The Conclave) need to look at our Brothers outside of Europe, particularly in Latin America.

Pope Francis I is likely not because of Francis of Assissi, but more likely Francis Xavier who was a great Jesuit and missionary.

Also, this is kind of surprising, this was the first time a new Pope recites the prayers with the people on his first appearance, Our Father, Haily Mary and Glory.

Another take was his refusal to wear the red cape (I don't remember the proper name right now, Sorry!) in contrast to both Benedict XVI and John Paul II, who both wore it. It looked like he just wanted to be very humble about this.


Thank you those of you who aren't exactly of my faith who are being respectful, haha even some of those jokes have made me laugh quite a bit. This is, quite a historic moment.

 

[TheNatural]

I don't expect him to change church views on things, but he does seem to be a guy who is going to rail on the 1%, and push support for the poor.

 

[LeleSocho]

he's a cool guy... nice speech too.

 

[Talon]

I like his social justice stance, few GOPers are already calling him a socialist/commie

His social justice stance is the Catholic Church's stance on social justice.

Which is uncomfortably progressive for some.

 

[Dr.Acula]

I'm hoping the Canadian dude goes for Antipope!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope

 

[Judderman]

Close, but r/Atheism is still worse.

r/spacedicks?!

 

[Aristion]

People from Spain are latinos too. Many of them refer to themselves as such.

But they're not hispanic, at least they don't consider themselves as such

EDIT: I don't think Latino is even a good description of Spaniards either

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Even as an atheist, I appreciate the gravity of this event.

Religious institutions should be respected, as long as they can live with our views as well.

Same here (agnostic). It's pretty stunning to see something of this magnitude.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

I like his social justice stance, few GOPers are already calling him a socialist/commie

Modern Catholics are pretty Left minded apart from the obvious.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

He's 76? Damn.

 

[Fritz]

Ultimo would have been a more apt name.

 

[chubigans]

As a Practicing Catholic I'll give my first takes, because I think some people might be curious to hear our perspective (You might not be, but ah well)

Well, it's huge to see an Argentinian Pope, one of the Italian Cardinals (sorry I forget which one) had said earlier that they (The Conclave) need to look at our Brothers outside of Europe, particularly in Latin America.

Pope Francis I is likely not because of Francis of Assissi, but more likely Francis Xavier who was a great Jesuit and missionary.

Also, this is kind of surprising, this was the first time a new Pope recites the prayers with the people on his first appearance, Our Father, Haily Mary and Glory.

Another take was his refusal to wear the red cape (I don't remember the proper name right now, Sorry!) in contrast to both Benedict XVI and John Paul II, who both wore it. It looked like he just wanted to be very humble about this.


Thank you those of you who aren't exactly of my faith who are being respectful, haha even some of those jokes have made me laugh quite a bit. This is, quite a historic moment.

Its pretty awesome. Thanks for the perspective!

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

lolololol

Don't make me laugh.

Seems you already did.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

I like his social justice stance, few GOPers are already calling him a socialist/commie

I'm a fan of his 'all people deserve a basic standard of living' policy but I strongly oppose his 'gays are the devil' policy.

 

[Buddha Beam]

He's the antichrist and i'm not just dicking around some people actually believe this new pope will be the antichrist.

If any pope was going to be the antichrist, it'd have been the Pope Palpatine... err- Benedict.

 

[vas_a_morir]

r/spacedicks?!

I'll take your word on it, because I'm not going to that one.

 

[Acquiescence]

As someone who was raised a Catholic, and is forever straddling the line between lapsed and devout... I'm just glad he's not evil looking like the last one. That's a start.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

lolololol

Don't make me laugh.

Why would I make you laugh? It's true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjbbtpW2pJc&feature=player_detailpage#t=4152s

 

[The Technomancer]

Modern Catholics are pretty Left minded apart from the obvious.

Yeah, most Catholics I know are actually fairly progressive when it comes to stuff like recognizing that Jesus said to help the poor means we actually should try to help the poor.