tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post111247452281576151..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: Prayer for a New PopeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1112680602954939802005-04-04T22:56:00.000-07:002005-04-04T22:56:00.000-07:00Actually, papal infallibility has been invoked twi...Actually, papal infallibility has been invoked twice, once to proclaim the Assumption of Mary and once to proclaim the doctrine of infallibility itself. The ban on the ordination of women remains mutable.The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1112626217400606982005-04-04T07:50:00.000-07:002005-04-04T07:50:00.000-07:00Yes, the process by which a new Pope is selected i...Yes, the process by which a new Pope is selected is designed to pick a conservative leader. The college of Cardinals are appointed by the previous Pope (in this case, John Paul II appointed all but three of them or something). That isn't a recipe for a revolutionary or even progressive Pope. <BR/><BR/>Its odd, there are really only two differences between the Vatican and the Soviet era Kremlin: no guns at the Vatican and no praying in the Kremlin. Institutionally they are very similar...elitist and very mysterious.Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1112594472502560112005-04-03T23:01:00.000-07:002005-04-03T23:01:00.000-07:00Ha! Thanks for the good laugh, LTG. Let's rememb...Ha! Thanks for the good laugh, LTG. Let's remember that it took the Roman Catholic church centuries to admit that the earth revolves around the sun. I think we can wait at least another century before they come around on gay rights.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022494336441129718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1112558787154792842005-04-03T13:06:00.000-07:002005-04-03T13:06:00.000-07:00I hate to tell you, but I believe the Pope rendere...I hate to tell you, but I believe the Pope rendered the policy on the ordination of women infallible, which means it cannot be overturned. This Pope did a great many amazing things, and thus deserves honor and gratitude. However, he was a product of WW II and the Cold War and once that was over, he focused on the "evils of materialism" and failed to recognize its realities and the exigencies it places on modern societies. Somewhere, time passed him by. At what point does "stability" of doctrine and respect for sticking to ones values become denial of reality that grows into a denial of humanity itself?<BR/><BR/>Guess we can't expect one man to be and do all things.USWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058471452288827920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1112553797978127192005-04-03T11:43:00.000-07:002005-04-03T11:43:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.USWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058471452288827920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1112545565960638832005-04-03T09:26:00.000-07:002005-04-03T09:26:00.000-07:00Is that white smoke I see coming out of your ears?...Is that white smoke I see coming out of your ears?Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1112481504138559042005-04-02T14:38:00.000-08:002005-04-02T14:38:00.000-08:00A beautiful prayer, LTG: thank you. sic transit g...A beautiful prayer, LTG: thank you. <BR/><I>sic transit gloria mundi</I>Dr. Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407042105777411150noreply@blogger.com