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[Kinky John]

They should introduce him to everyone by shooting him out through one of those stage trapdoors.

 

[Whiskeymatt]

Flag just got caught on a Swiss Guardsman's helmet, lol

 

[0OoO0]

Please be white guy /racist

 

[Bombadil]

Nobody should give a fuck about the pope, catholicism, or religion in general.

"Everyone should be just like me!"

 

[Az]

Pope Pablo the Pimp Playa #fo'

 

[SolsticeZero]

Pope Maximilius Andreus Forneus XVII

 

[Borgnine]

Take your time guys. Only 1.2 billion people waiting.

 

[Guevara]

Flag just got caught on a Swiss Guardsman's helmet, lol

Bad omen

 

[marrec]

Why is this still a thing?

If they stop now after all this time it would look pretty silly.

 

[Pollux]

I'm betting Leo

 

[friskykillface]

lol i asked hulk hogan if hes the next pope on twitter

 

[TCRS]

My guess is Nicolas Cage

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Why is this still a thing?

hmmmm

I am not a Catholic but why not?

 

[systemfehler]

What if he doesn't fit in the dress? Worst disaster ever.

They prepared 3 different sizes of the papal clothing for that situation.

 

[Kurtofan]

They sure didn't lose time.

 

[RE lover]

Jesus Christ II

 

[Knoxcore]

[/B]
People overblow the "power" of the Pope to change/overturn established Church doctrine.

Oh, I agree with you, the Pope has very little power. His power is limited to his position as the Bishop of Rome. But he is the head of the church and set the direction of the Curia. I personally believe the real change in the Church occurs at the local level, however.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Bad omen

.

 

[Linkhero1]

LOL

the prophecy is coming true.

 

[xenist]

hmmmm

I am not a Catholic but why not?

Because we hate fun.

 

[The_Monk]

Nobody should give a fuck about the pope, catholicism, or religion in general.

I know everyone is free to give an opinion but I find this way a bit rude and a bit offensive to be honest fellow GAFfer.

 

[Borgnine]

Oh wait... the holdup is he's in a meeting with the big boss right?

 

[Fenderputty]

[/B]
People overblow the "power" of the Pope to change/overturn established Church doctrine.

This.

 

[creationtheory]

It's not irrelevant because the Catholic Church is an influential organization around the world. I myself am agnostic, but I realize the importance of the Church both in charity and in spirituality.

I said it should be irrelevant, not that it is.

 

[Keyser Soze]

The Apple Store just closed!!

 

[gimmmick]

Common already.

 

[MThanded]

He seems pretty progressive in this picture.

I also see they changed the pope garb to be more modern.

 

[BocoDragon]

Doesn't work like this. There is no "liberal" pope.

Don't be silly. Of course there is. You can choose to be liberal and progressive in terms of interpreting and mandating catholic doctrine, or you can be a hard liner.

Pope John Paul was considered to be relatively liberal, while Ratzinger was considered conservative.

 

[Earthstrike]

I'm going to go with Peter the whatevereth. If it's a black pope, he may go with peter as he is the first african pope.

 

[Dany]

They prepared 3 different sizes of the papal clothing for that situation.

Ha, glad they planned ahead with X amount of years of practice no wonder.

Curious though, what was the longest deliberation session for a new pope?

 

[ComputerMKII]

Hopefully he/she will be more tolerant

:lol

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

GAF advertising is awesome.

Lol bet he goes by Master P

 

[BertramCooper]

Because we hate fun.

And women.

And gays.

 

[PBY]

Don't be silly. Of course there is. You can choose to be liberal and progressive in terms of catholic doctrine, or you can be a hard liner.

Pope John Paul was considered to be relatively liberal, while Ratzinger was considered conservative.

Silly? They both had exactly the same stances on morality- give me concrete examples of where they differed.

 

[Savitar]

Go Go Canadian Pope!

We need to go to Phase Two of our global take over stratagem.

 

[creationtheory]

I know everyone is free to give an opinion but I find this way a bit rude and a bit offensive to be honest fellow GAFfer.

Don't be offended by an opinion.

 

[CrazyDude]

It won't be a black pope guys, the voting ended too quickly for that.

 

[Mr. F]

St. Peter's square looks like a pickpocket's wet dream.

 

[Battle Born]

This is very exciting. I hope the new pope is either American or African.

 

[Fenderputty]

What's the point of a religion if the goal posts are constantly moved based on the social mores of the time?

The point of religion is haivng faith in God. Moving the goal posts is how the organizations keeps members from losing that faith enough to stop attending.

 

[ComputerMKII]

St. Peter's square looks like a pickpocket's wet dream.

The Vatican is the country with the highest crime rate, actually.

 

[KtSlime]

Wat.



Ah, I geddit. Like they were cleaning up his past or something?

Erasing the past is a long standing tradition of the Christian church.

 

[Mavromatis]

I wish this was what we see when they declare the new pope:

That would be an interesting twist.

 

[Something Wicked]

I want a crocodile pope.

 

[Beerman462]

I hope it's this guy

Spoiler

Yes I know he's dead I'm hoping for a miracle.

 

[Talon]

I'm going to go with Peter the whatevereth. If it's a black pope, he may go with peter as he is the first african pope.

Nope. There have been three African popes.

 

[Dr.Acula]

What if he doesn't fit in the dress? Worst disaster ever.

Got you covered, bro. Or... got him covered.

lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ZJ6jOWV2o&feature=youtu.be

 

[Black Republican]

i think the Pope's gonna be a South American, not that race matters anyways

 

[BertramCooper]

God, hurry up, Jesus.

 

[MiicD]

St. Peter's square looks like a pickpocket's wet dream.

You know Apollo is there.