Comments on: There is a new Pope: Joseph Ratzinger http://elliottback.com/wp/there-is-a-new-pope/ Internet & Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:40:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Meg McKenzie http://elliottback.com/wp/there-is-a-new-pope/#comment-1825 Meg McKenzie Sat, 18 Jun 2005 14:14:02 +0000 /?p=730#comment-1825 I have been saddened by the election of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope. Whatever those with the power to vote had in mind, the reality is that long awaited changes will not come about for some time except for those who want to go backwards into their mothers' wombs! However the challenges given us by Jesus of Nazereth are out there beyond Latin Masses, ridiculously clad old men,and Doctrines which Christ would have denounced. Come to think of it Christ's humility was such that He wrote nothing down for us but entrusted His word and His works to the men and women whose lives were profoundly changed by encounters with Him. The same is still happening today inside and outside of that sad old Institution. I have been saddened by the election of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope. Whatever those with the power to vote had in mind, the reality is that long awaited changes will not come about for some time except for those who want to go backwards into their mothers’ wombs! However the challenges given us by Jesus of Nazereth are out there beyond Latin Masses, ridiculously clad old men,and Doctrines which Christ would have denounced. Come to think of it Christ’s humility was such that He wrote nothing down for us but entrusted His word and His works to the men and women whose lives were profoundly changed by encounters with Him. The same is still happening today inside and outside of that sad old Institution.

]]> By: Thawngen http://elliottback.com/wp/there-is-a-new-pope/#comment-1793 Thawngen Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:24:30 +0000 /?p=730#comment-1793 I like your jokes. If it can be, I would like to invite Hans Kung, LeonardoBoff AND the New Pope for dinner. I like your jokes.
If it can be, I would like to invite Hans Kung, LeonardoBoff AND the New Pope for dinner.

]]> By: richard http://elliottback.com/wp/there-is-a-new-pope/#comment-1265 richard Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:07:59 +0000 /?p=730#comment-1265 Good joke! Maybe they chose him because they couldn't decide what they wanted, so they picked a guy they knew wouldn't last too long, giving them a few years to wrangle and debate on what they really wanted. He doesn't seem to be in too bad health anyway, but clearly at 78 he won't last 20 years. Good joke!

Maybe they chose him because they couldn’t decide what they wanted, so they picked a guy they knew wouldn’t last too long, giving them a few years to wrangle and debate on what they really wanted. He doesn’t seem to be in too bad health anyway, but clearly at 78 he won’t last 20 years.

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