Well, fuck

[ridicully]

Ratzinger? They couldn't settle for merely conservative, could they?

ETA:Thanks to a link from honeycakehorse, I had a good laugh

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[ryf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, fuck.

Couln't they have chosen Lehmann ;)

[slashkilter.livejournal.com]

Schönboern, the cardinal from Austria, sounded great. Or, you know, one from Latin America or Africa? That at least would've made sense considering how many catholics there are in those countries and how bad people have it there...

[honeycakehorse.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

There goes the however slight chance of a change in the pope's attitude. *sigh* On the other hand, he is 78...

[ridicully]

On the other hand, he is 78...

Right. That's my happy thought for the day. He looks like a zombie on all recent pictures.
Would it be bad to hope that he beats John Paul I?

[ryf.livejournal.com]

How long was he in?

I know that the last German (or rather Dutch, they are still debating his nationality) died after 1 1/2 years, which seems rather good :) He was Pope during or shortly after the Reformation and probebly looked at what his country did and got a stroke or something.

Maybe Ratzinger can do the same?

[honeycakehorse.livejournal.com]

33 days. :)

[ryf.livejournal.com]

That's good :)

[honeycakehorse.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this comparison (http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/04/16/papabili/#comments)?

And now it's not bad, it's self-preservation. :)

[ridicully]

Have you seen this comparison?

I actually fell out of my chair, I was laughing so hard. Thank you.

[honeycakehorse.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Glad you can still laugh. :D

[ridicully]

I'm not the one who is nominally catholic though. *g*

For someone who has never ever been a member of any religion I certainly get worked up about this shit.

[honeycakehorse.livejournal.com]

Guess who is visiting the registry office tomorrow? *eg*

And I think everybody has a right to get worked up about it, because unfortunately the church still has so much power that it doesn't only influence those that do believe in or belong to it, but also those that don't.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hannelore/]

The comments wank is even funnier...

And yes, Robert, I KNOW it’s a mitre. But it still LOOKS like a Depends.

[kriski.livejournal.com]

nah, why settle fore merely conservative if you can have the embodiment of that word. grrrrrrrr. i am going to write slash now and declare that a subversive act of protest.