cardinal ratzinger

[metaphorge]

ROME - Support for German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
appears to be building ahead of the conclave to select a
new pope, Italian newspapers reported Wednesday.
(Yes, I created this image.)

This is a much better choice for Pope. He plays the saxophone.... (And, since I'm still technically a confirmed Catholic, despite my numerous differences with the Church, I have an opinion.)

Comments

[noressa.livejournal.com]

Heh... Masterful picture.

[agntprovocateur.livejournal.com]

that's pretty funny!

[costello1177.livejournal.com]

so wrong...yet so funny!!! ;) i can't stop laughing!

Bwahaahahah

[serpent-sky.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that's gonna be all over the Internet in no time.

It's also kind of disturbing just how much they look alike.

[rook.livejournal.com]

I'm holding out hope for Maradiaga, personally.

[veleda.livejournal.com]

scary.

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

That's the best choice I've seen, as well.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I hear the music of the Empire played on pipe organ in my head.

[tully-monster.livejournal.com]

Eeuw. Is his face really green? He looks like a George Romero zombie.

[mfree.livejournal.com]

Nahh... I think you're seeing the results of some AP amateur fudging with the color levels so the red doesn't pop out so much or reflect off his face.

he's still a scary lookin' dude.

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

Love the picture.

Also, I adore the idea of having Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga as the next Pope.

[alfrecht.livejournal.com]

You're kidding...Ratzinger? For fuck's sake! He was in Hitler's army! He's responsible for nearly all of the homophobic encyclicals...

Scary, scary, scary!

[serpent-sky.livejournal.com]

I never thought of that "technically a confirmed catholic" thing -- how does one undo that, anyway?

The fact that confirmation is made in 7th grade, by 12- 14-year-olds is ridiculous. How was I able to make an adult decision? Had I been 18 or 21, I wouldn't have made that decision... because the truth is, it wasn't a decision at all when I was a kid. It was an expectation.

[They tricked me into it with the new name thing, by the way. I was agaiinst it, but they said I could have the new name, whioch I have wanted my whole life. I was sooo pissed when I found out I would not be called Rachel, I almost blew a gasket at the "confimation party."]

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

The fact that confirmation is made in 7th grade, by 12- 14-year-olds is ridiculous. How was I able to make an adult decision? Had I been 18 or 21, I wouldn't have made that decision.

I was confirmed at age 22 (I went through RCIA, to convert from being a Methodist. Interestingly enough, the theology I got from RCIA classes was the final straw in undoing any remaining attachment I had to Christian dogma.)

[thomryng.livejournal.com]

I'm actually somewhat comforted that Ratzinger is being talked up... the old saying of "he who enters a conclave as Pope, leaves as a Cardinal" is almost a statistical fact.

The only way he'll get elected is if the Cardinals decide they want a transitional figure - and from what I saw of the crowds in Rome, that's not even on the agenda any more.

If the Cardinals want a conservative, they're going to go with Arinze, I think. Not that he's the best choice in MY opinion, but he's no Ratzinger.

I strongly suspect they'll choose an Italian. The bureaucracy needs a shot in the arm and a little direction.

[tully-monster.livejournal.com]

Rather unpleasant. I can see why they'd prefer him to a bright, shiny, cheerful populist Pope.

Sigh...

[mfree.livejournal.com]

Shiny Pope...

[serpent-sky.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I did it all the traditional, Catholic School way. I really don't like that -- confirming adult faith, at that age, when you have no say is not a confirmation or affrimation -- it's doing what is expected of you. No kid *didn't* get confirmed.

I suspect, though, if it was put off until adulthood, there would be signifcantly less confirmed catholics.

I think i am going to research how to get myself officially out of the church, if such a thing is even possible [or matters.]

[ashley-y.livejournal.com]

"Are you threatening me, Montsignor?"

I think John Shelby Spong would be a good choice, but apparently he's disqualified on a technicality.

[nhyrvana.livejournal.com]

You have heard the scuttlebutt that the next Pope is supposed to be the Anti-Christ right? At least all my conspiracy/prophesy nut friends are going on about it....

-e

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

I'm going for "Catholics come to their own conclusions about God and stop taking direction from a cabal of xenophobic old men with one foot in the grave and one stamping on a human face, forever," but I'm not holding my breath.

[box3.livejournal.com]

My God, that's funny and scary all at once.

[box3.livejournal.com]

Bit like the Catholic Church really...

[phantom_wolfboy]

It is possible. Someone in a conversation I was reading looked it up one time . . . let me look around and see if I can find the info for you.

[box3.livejournal.com]

Reposted in my LJ - hope that's alright. Okthanxbye.

[serpent-sky.livejournal.com]

I actually came back to find this and show to my boss, since we were talking pontiff.

him: "is nothing sacred?"
me: "Certainly not the lives of thousands of jews!"
him: "you... have a point."

^_^

[noressa.livejournal.com]

Can I link to this image in my journal?

[benchilada.livejournal.com]

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE!!!

http://www.livejournal.com/users/benchilada/61165.html

Finished it about a half an hour ago...

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

Repost away.

[fallen-scholar.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&direction=prev&oldid=12526972


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