A new Pope...

[marv]

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, of Argentina, named Pope.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.

[Rockntractor]

I'm glad he went with Francis, Hor-hay sounds bad.

[LukeEDay]

I was hoping he would have chosen Peter II. But in any case, they revealed that he is a liberal .. So nothing within the catholic church will change.

[linda22003]

He's a liberal on "social justice" issues - but not on things like contraception, homosexuality, etc.

[Lanie]

He's a liberal on "social justice" issues - but not on things like contraception, homosexuality, etc.

Thank you.



On another note, I just knew the new Pope would be Catholic. I'm wanting to laugh at some of the liberals who are actually upset that he's a social conservative. I'm like "Really?"

I'm hoping he might try to open a door to allow priests to get married.

[Rockntractor]

I'm hoping he might try to open a door to allow priests to get married.

As long as it isn't to each other.

[Lanie]

As long as it isn't to each other.

Don't worry. He is so against gay marriage and adoption. Oh, the horror.


I'm trying to focus on the good though.

[Odysseus]

He chose the name Pope Francis.

At least we'll have a ready response when he does his inevitable critique of the US military:

[Rockntractor]

Apparently the first two they tried caught fire, the third one was a charm.

[Elspeth]

A Jesuit, eh. You know the conspiracy theorists will be all over this one.