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'nuff said!

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I was hoping George Pell would be the next Pope...ah well... *shrugs*

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Well, at least we have a pope whose name is easily bastardized. I'm almost salivating over all of the nasty names I can call him.

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Which one is Ratzinger? Or I guess, where is he from?

I really wasn't following because I really don't care, but now I just want to know which country won the prize without risking turning on the tv and having the news go on and on about his life.

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He's from Germany.

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Thanks, fyrefly.

Well, I've stopped caring. *walks away*

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At least cartoonists will be able to draw The Church as a rat in a tall hat. :D

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At least cartoonists will be able to draw The Church as a rat in a tall hat.  :D
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i had kinda hoped for Godfried Danneels to be pope, since he's considered a moderate, but :lmao: like thats ever gonna happen.

 

I was also hoping they could hold off the decision until after today. now i have to sit thru dinner with my catholic relatives. guess the dinner topic?

:talkalot:

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i had kinda hoped for Godfried Danneels to be pope, since he's considered a moderate, but  :lmao: like thats ever gonna happen.

 

I was also hoping they could hold off the decision until after today. now i have to sit thru dinner with my catholic relatives. guess the dinner topic?

:talkalot:

 

Who cares about the dinner topic. What I want to know is if you're having Rat stew!

 

:lmao:

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:grin:

we just might.

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It could be worse, you know.

 

It could be Cardinal "I Knew My Subordinates Were Raping Little Boys, But I Sat Back On My Fat Ass And Did Nothing!" Law, from the US...

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I was actually rooting for Law. I think it would reflect the true spirit of the church leadership. ;)

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Hail to the Fuhrer

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" Monday, Ratzinger, who was the powerful dean of the College of Cardinals, used his homily at the Mass dedicated to electing the next pope to warn the faithful about tendencies that he considered dangers to the faith: sects, ideologies like Marxism, liberalism, atheism, agnosticism and relativism — the ideology that there are no absolute truths.

 

"Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church, is often labeled today as a fundamentalism," he said, speaking in Italian. "Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and 'swept along by every wind of teaching,' looks like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.

 

Ratzinger served John Paul II since 1981 as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In that position, he has disciplined church dissidents and upheld church policy against attempts by liberals for reforms.

 

He had gone into the conclave with the most buzz among two dozen leading candidates. He had impressed many faithful with his stirring homily at the funeral of John Paul II, who died April 2 at age 84.

 

President Bush called him a "man of great wisdom and knowledge."

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Monday, Ratzinger, who was the powerful dean of the College of Cardinals, used his homily at the Mass dedicated to electing the next pope to warn the faithful about tendencies that he considered dangers to the faith: sects, ideologies like Marxism, liberalism, atheism, agnosticism and relativism — the ideology that there are no absolute truths.
Wait, he forgot one: REALITY.
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http://www.tldm.org/News7/Ratzinger.htm

 

Cardinal Ratzinger's letter to the U.S. bishops, that they must refuse Holy Communion to pro-abortionists and those in obstinate sin.

 

His General Principles

 

1. Presenting oneself to receive Holy Communion should be a conscious decision, based on a reasoned judgement regarding one’s worthiness to do so, according to the Church’s objective criteria, asking such questions as: “Am I in full communion with the Catholic Church? Am I guilty of grave sin? Have I incurred a penalty (e.g. excommunication, interdict) that forbids me to receive Holy Communion? Have I prepared myself by fasting for at least an hour?” The practice of indiscriminately presenting oneself to receive Holy Communion, merely as a consequence of being present at Mass, is an abuse that must be corrected (cf. Instruction “Redemptionis Sacramentum,” nos. 81, 83).

 

2. The Church teaches that abortion or euthanasia is a grave sin. The Encyclical Letter Evangelium vitae, with reference to judicial decisions or civil laws that authorise or promote abortion or euthanasia, states that there is a “grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection. [...] In the case of an intrinsically unjust law, such as a law permitting abortion or euthanasia, it is therefore never licit to obey it, or to ‘take part in a propaganda campaign in favour of such a law or vote for it’” (no. 73). Christians have a “grave obligation of conscience not to cooperate formally in practices which, even if permitted by civil legislation, are contrary to God’s law. Indeed, from the moral standpoint, it is never licit to cooperate formally in evil. [...] This cooperation can never be justified either by invoking respect for the freedom of others or by appealing to the fact that civil law permits it or requires it” (no. 74).

 

3. Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion. While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia.

 

4. Apart from an individuals’s judgement about his worthiness to present himself to receive the Holy Eucharist, the minister of Holy Communion may find himself in the situation where he must refuse to distribute Holy Communion to someone, such as in cases of a declared excommunication, a declared interdict, or an obstinate persistence in manifest grave sin (cf. can. 915).

 

5. Regarding the grave sin of abortion or euthanasia, when a person’s formal cooperation becomes manifest (understood, in the case of a Catholic politician, as his consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws), his Pastor should meet with him, instructing him about the Church’s teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Eucharist.

 

6. When “these precautionary measures have not had their effect or in which they were not possible,” and the person in question, with obstinate persistence, still presents himself to receive the Holy Eucharist, “the minister of Holy Communion must refuse to distribute it” (cf. Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts Declaration “Holy Communion and Divorced, Civilly Remarried Catholics” [2002], nos. 3-4). This decision, properly speaking, is not a sanction or a penalty. Nor is the minister of Holy Communion passing judgement on the person’s subjective guilt, but rather is reacting to the person’s public unworthiness to receive Holy Communion due to an objective situation of sin.

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Bush called him a man of great wisdom and knowledge? Like he even knows what that is.

 

I am slightly disappointed. Since Jackie Mason is ineligible, I was rooting for Cardinal Singh of India, as he has the funniest name. :blink:

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On the bright side, perhaps having such a bigot in office will drive more people away from the Catholic church and into more moderate religions. Heck, it might even crumble from within. They're being their own worst enemy by electing someone like that, IMHO.

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I don't know. I don't think he'll be the Pope long enough to make a difference either way. The guy is ancient. He's 78 years old for crying out loud. You need someone who's going to be poisonous to the religion for a good, long time.

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honestly...who cares.

 

Catholics are the cultish of all christians. Their doctrines aren't even in the bible....it's all bullshit

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I don't know. I don't think he'll be the Pope long enough to make a difference either way. The guy is ancient. He's 78 years old for crying out loud. You need someone who's going to be poisonous to the religion for a good, long time.

 

it only took Bush 4 years to fuck up America, or at least worse than it already was.

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Gah... You're right!

 

 

...killjoy.

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