kater23 wrote:Oh and another thing:He has no desire to do anything about the, uh,issues(sex abuse scandals among them)in the Church.
He will be missed.Kristatos wrote:RIP Richard Briers. Here's one of my earliest memories of him (or at least his voice).
bjmdds wrote:http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/valerie-harper-diagnosed-with-terminal-brain-cancer-23997.gallery
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Dr. No wrote:bjmdds wrote:http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/valerie-harper-diagnosed-with-terminal-brain-cancer-23997.gallery
What a shame. At least she had a full life if ti is any consolation.
I'm a littel surprised at the the news people acting like Hugo Chavez was a good decent man.
Kristatos wrote:Dr. No wrote:bjmdds wrote:http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/valerie-harper-diagnosed-with-terminal-brain-cancer-23997.gallery
What a shame. At least she had a full life if ti is any consolation.
I'm a littel surprised at the the news people acting like Hugo Chavez was a good decent man.
It's customary when someone dies to focus on their positive qualities. A little ironic in Chavez's case though, since as Bertrand Russell said of Thomas Paine, "Like all men, he had his flaws, but it was for his virtues that he was hated."
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kater23 wrote:Well, I'm not going to say I'm happy about Hugo Chavez dying,but he hadn't been in the best of health so it wasn't so surprising.
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
(CNN) -- Word of the election of the Roman Catholic Church's first Latin American pope quickly spread through the region.
With its approximately 480 million adherents, Latin America is home to an overwhelming plurality of the world's Catholics, but no one from the region (or hemisphere, for that matter) has been ever been chosen to lead the church as pope.
The announcement that Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio would become the new pontiff changed that. Bergoglio, who chose the name Pope Francis, was the archbishop of Buenos Aires. He is 76.
"I am truly still very surprised ... not just that a Latino pope came out, but that he is an Argentinian from Buenos Aires," the Rev. Eduardo Mangiarotti told CNN en Español.
New pope adopts the name Francis
Latin American catholics: So proud, happy
In St. Peter's Square, a woman from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, told CNN's Anderson Cooper she was thrilled by the news.
"As a youth, and as a Catholic student, and as a Mexican, I am absolutely overwhelmed with emotion (at) the fact that we have a new pope that will represent that part of the (world). ... That is something very exciting. I feel that Mexico has been a country that has suffered a lot, and so has Latin America, but it is a people that has always put trust in God, so it is absolutely wonderful to represent our part of the world this time around."
Beside her, a woman from Mexico City said her heart jumped when she heard the announcement that a pope had been picked.
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"I'm so excited," she said. "It's a reason of being proud tonight, because Latin America is a very important Catholic area and now it's going to be totally represented here, so I'm so proud and I'm so happy today. ... It's going to help a lot, a Latin American pope, it's going to help. It's going to rebuild many things, and it's a new start."
Within hours of the announcement, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner sent a letter congratulating to the new pope.
And Mexico's Catholic bishops released a statement praising the news.
"For the churches that are pilgrims in Latin America, it is the cause of great joy," the statement said. "For the Mexican church, it is a clear sign of love for the churches that are pilgrims in these lands."
Before Wednesday's announcement, speculation had surged that the church might select its first non-European pope of the modern era.
What's in a name?
"It would be an enormous gesture to name a Latin American pope," Virginia Garrard-Burnett, a professor of history and religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin, said earlier this week.
Precisely because Catholicism is losing ground in the region, a pope from there could be a boost for the faith, she said.
About 39% of all Catholics live in Latin America, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
kater23 wrote:The new Pope story has been getting a lot of coverage where I live. We have a large Hispanic community in San Diego, and a Latin American Pope is a HUGE deal.
Anyone who was in Rome Tuesday has a story to tell now!That would have been awesome-you come to Rome for a pilgrimage-or just for a vacation-and you're there when they elect a new Pope! I'm amazed that there were so many people in St. Peter's Square because they kept mentioning how cold and rainy it was . Not long after the white smoke it let up. Divine intervention?You have to wonder!
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
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