DeltAlum- I found a liberal candidate for you.

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In April 1999, O'Connor was ordained as a Catholic priest in an unofficial ceremony in Lourdes, France. The new Mother Bernadette Marie was immediately denounced by the Vatican.

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Hahaha, gosh those were great episodes of SNL. I remember when the Pope lost his wallet and he was scouring central park until someone found it. What an honorable man:)

Oh, thanks, but unless you've heard something I haven't, I don't get to vote.

(I don't think we Presbyterians have a Pope)

I'm all for Martini...elitist Jesuits are the best. :D

Padre Pio (Saint Pio of Pietrelcina), a humble Capuchin priest from San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, was blessed by God in many wonderful and mysterious ways. The most dramatic was the stigmata. Padre Pio bore the wounds of Christ for fifty years.

More info: http://www.padrepio.com/ and of the stigmata: http://www.padrepio.com/app2.html

<-- baptized but not a practicing Roman Catholic.

No us presbyterians are good at appointing committees to look into seeing if we have a pope.....

the one thing i take away from being a presbterian....i am a good appointer and delagator! hehehe

Which gives me a good excuse to trot out one of my favorite jokes:

The second grade teacher is trying to get her class to respect other cultures, so she asks the kids to bring symbols of their religion to school with them the next day. They take turns showing their items.

"My name is Mohammed. I'm a Muslim, and this is my prayer rug."

"My name is Mary Margaret. I'm a Roman Catholic, and this is my crucifix."

"My name is David. I'm Jewish, and this is my Star of David."

"My name is Sally Jo. I'm a Southern Baptist, and this is my casserole."



(I've heard Presbyterian substituted for Baptist, btw, but I think they're both true!)

As aurora_borealis will attest, the last can also subsitute "Lutheran" and "jell-o"

We love the jell-o.

As an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, USA, all I can say to that is...

Amen, Sister.

I don't know who our next pope will be but the answer to this question could surprise us all. I read this article & was not surprised by what I read.

The Next Pope?

I'm rooting for Martini as well. I'm not Catholic quite yet (only 40 more days and nights!) but I am in a Jesuit parish. Gotta support the Jesuits.

I've read a lot about this, and there was a program on 60 minutes a few years ago, mentioning several of the "candidates". There was a comment by a Jesuit priest from the US saying that certain Catholics in Europe (and elsewhere) would have a problems having a black pope...to which his comment was (loosely) "if people have a problem with having a black pope, we don't want them anyway" (or something to that effect). Definitely true in my book...there is no place for racism in the church. During my RCIA process we went to different parishes in different neighborhoods in L.A., and I really enjoyed the parish that was majority African American, as well as going to a mass in Spanish because my parish was mostly white (with some of everything mixed in, but mainly white), and it was nice to see that Catholicism includes people of all backgrounds.

One way or another a pope will be chosen, but I do think it would be good if it wasn't an Italian...I can't say that it makes the pope more qualified to be Italian, however Martini is impressive simply because he speaks several languages fluently.

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We've had some amazing Italian Popes though. Pope John XXIII was the greatest Pope (at least) of the 20th century. For those of you who don't know who Pope John XXIII was, think Vatican II.

Oh aboslutely...Vatican II is a great thing...though apparently not to those who still want the mass in latin. I don't know, while I'm all for tradition, it's nice to know what is being said.:)