I kind of like Benedict.
I kinda wonder what modern pope would have the balls to call himself Pope Immaculate.
OTOH, Ratzinger is really conservative. Ick.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Apr 19, 2005 7:56:19 am PDT #6934 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Topic!Cindy - Apr 19, 2005 7:57:10 am PDT #6935 of 10001
What is even happening?
This used to be true but isn't any more. At least not for all orders. And a bunch who weren't originally allowed to pick their own names were later able to do so. Like my great aunt who's original nun name was Mother Kevin but she switched back to her own name sometime in the late 60s / early 70s I think.A woman I worked with went to a Catholic college (or boarding prep school--I disremember). There was apparently a cemetery for the nuns, on the grounds. She saw one headstone with the name Mary Circumcision. Bet that one didn't pick her own name.
Betsy HP - Apr 19, 2005 7:57:18 am PDT #6936 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Popes generally pick a name that aligns them with a previous pope; thus John Paul I was saying that he was going to continue in the traditions of his two immediate predecessors.
I have no idea whose side, theologically, the last Benedict was on.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 7:57:25 am PDT #6937 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The Catholic Church: proving that everything old IS new again, the cardinals elect a Scary-Ass Bigoted Zealot to be the head of the Church.
Coming up next, the Crusades for a new millennium....
Gudanov - Apr 19, 2005 7:58:41 am PDT #6938 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Coming up next, the Crusades for a new millennium....
We've already taken care of that part.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 7:59:43 am PDT #6939 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't calling him a Nazi a little unfair? He was just in the army; he wasn't a member of the Nazi party. eta: (I think)
And that other thing he was in (I forget what) was mandatory, right?
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 7:59:45 am PDT #6940 of 10001
brillig
the cardinals elect a Nazi to be the head of the Church.
Schindler was a member of the Nazi party, by the way. Party membership kept people alive back then. Just saying.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:00:11 am PDT #6941 of 10001
brillig
Well, that's an interesting X-post.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:00:17 am PDT #6942 of 10001
brillig
Geez, but not worth saying 3 times.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:00:21 am PDT #6943 of 10001
brillig