Yes, congratualations to him! I think his name is Joseph something... but his name as pope is Pope Bennedict the VI...? I heard that he's German. I'm very unsure.

yep..Benedict the 16th and german..but against so many things o_o i heard he wuz 74 when i watched it live..ehh watever

I don't follow a religion, but when I watched it live on T.V., I couldn't help but smile and feel proud.

im starting to think he will be a good pope ...i mean ....his views can change from time to time ...and he was a reccomendation of John Paul II ....and was his "right hand" man .....most likely his views will be as similar as Pope John Paul II .......

...oo and popes get there names by previous succesors and their views and impacts ..... Joseph Ratzinger took the name of Benidict because he favored to have unity and peace at harsh times ....this man is too complex....hopefully this mad does the job .

Yeah, he's already 78. I don't think he will last very long.

"Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany Is Elected 265th Pope, Taking Benedict XVI as Name".
He also was a close aid to Pope John Paul II.

*sighs* I wish the last pope was still alive...

I saw the new pope today in the news...he doesnt even know english. But hope he still does a good job. =)

i think i personally liked the old pope better (pope john paul II)

the new pope (benedict XVI) seems kinda scary looking and unleader-like.
the old pope (JP2) had more a warmer, loving look.

i think he will die soon, 78 is pretty old within like 10 years and then it will be like this all over again.

but i find it interesting

yey!! so excited too...

i think he's more conservative than jp2, but aren't almost all arch-christians going to have smiliar views?

More conservative=bye bye Vatican II? I seriously hope not...

I didn't watch the news, but now I know, man that guys is old, very odd choice, I think that theres going to be corruption for some odd reason, especially when they chose that one guy to speak at the popes wake/burial (can't remember) that was involved with the child molestation scandal...

interesting...i wanted a pope from africa or south america...o well...

mm... i don't think he lasts long.. coz he's 78 already.... =.=

lol when i told my mom she was like wtf? 78? he'll be dead in 2 years.

i dont really care about the pope much. y do pple care so much about it?

nope. not an african or south american. but a german. it doesn't really effect me due to the fact that i'm not catholic but i'm christian so...

yay for the new pope.

Wow...You are extremely stupid. The post RIGHT ABOVE YOURS has a picture of who he is, and just a few above that says his name and where he is from. Learn how to flipping read.


And because he is ollllld, then maybe a new one will be about soon!

Now, now...let's not bite the poor kid's head off.

Hahaha...i held myself from saying the exact same thing

well.. to an extent. but this guy still wants to ban condoms, even in sub-sahaan africa, in the face on an AIDS epidemic. good sense? no. this is why the catholic church angers so mny people.

at a time when the world is moving forward in leaps and bounds, they still cling to outdated ideals which can no longer be applied to the real world.

also, ratzinger was in the hitler youth. i am not a fan

^Dont forget the fact that he finds homosexuality a gross carnal and evil sin, hes argued against counselling pregnant teenagers and tehir options, he pretty much wants to put all women back into the middle ages, and he looks like Satan.
Oh, and dont judge him on being in the Hitler youth, he was 14. Please, I used to like Linkin Park at that age.

EDIT: - \/ touche

^^

which is almost as bad.

and i dont judge him really. i just doesnt help

Well she is quite annoying and never reads anything but the first posts. She had it coming.

To stay on topic-.....sounds like the new guy sucks. joy.

gah, i hate the new pope. hes an old, strict german guy. I was rooting for a younger person.






to make matters worse, he's a conservative.

...wow. i really do not like this guy now. but about the similar ideals i meant... most catholics i know have the same... base? as in most of them have the same core values, but they still deal with issues differently. that made no sense. but yeah.



this is what i've been saying for a long time.

I don't really like the new pope...I mean I don't know much about him, but there is just something that I can't put my finger on that I don't like.

I've heard that this pope is supposed to be the antichrist...

i heard.. its a african pope.. but you kno.. i'm not christian or catholic i'm buddihism or how evr you spell it lmao..

^ You don't even know how to spell your own religon????

That's really nice.
I doubt this is gonna stay long.

well today in christian ed. class (i go to a roman catholic school) we watched this news thing on our new pope that our teacher taped...i don't like him. he's extremely conservative and is rather not fond of or against "rock music, homosexuality, and buddhism" apparently. yeah i don't even consider myself catholic anymore, but still...we need a more liberal pope.

I just heard today!
I don't know what he promises to do to the Catholic Church, but I wish him well.

good news!!

Say what??


You ARE stupid! READ the above posts, it's NOT an african pope...he's german...idiot

I like the guy. He is not nearly as good as the last, but look at who he is being compared to.

They missed out on some mega money there the old church didn't they.

They could have got into some of that reality tv.

Pope Idol

Pick 10 candidates, lock them in the vatican and then make them do things like they do in big brother.

Send in the odd teasing nun, get a guy to go in and keep prodding one of them in the face to see if they crack.

Could have made a mint.



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That would be the day when I see the Vatican go commercial......not that they were already locked up in the Sistine Chapel to vote....

you are not BUDDHISM
you are BUDDHIST

you make me laugh

..... Whaaaaat? Whyyyy?

hey have their own elections too? wow... i didnt know that. lol..... wait you mean there's only one pope? i thought there was more than 1 pope hehe. I guess I'm behind at this stuff, huh? What kind of an election is this? are they allowed to take over the world too? lol

I don't mean to sound.... well..... unkind... but, have you ever heard of "the news"?

You have got to be kidding me right? NO WAY! i'm going to take that as a joke, if you are sincere then you are AN IDOIT

The pope is German. I was hoping that they'd have an African for once (I'm white). Ah well... I'm not catholic anyway
*everybody standing around me stares*

Yes! And he's from Germany! Woot!