THE POPE DIED

[Toffee]

the pope finally died, a great loss to humankind :(

wow i think he must be really happy that finally he is meeting his creator

*few minuites of silence*

Bless his soul

[amsterdam]

reuters is reporting vatican official are saying he is still alive as of 30 seconds ago

[KellisJ2003]

I heard hes still alive too. CNN.com says as of 8:49 PM Paris time, the Pope is still alive but his condition has worsened. Where did you get this source saying he died Toffee?

[amsterdam]

all the news started saying he was dead so it wasnt his fault.thats the media for ya.

[Toffee]

maltese news...

erm...

maybe its because of the timezones lol

[Buck268]

I'm such a desensitized jackass... According to Catholic values, I'm damn glad he's dead. He's where we all should want to be.

[amsterdam]

i believe the end is near for this incredible man.peace be with him.

[Toffee]

so what do you think ppl, i think he will be happy dieing wow it will be interesting to dies, i alwasy wanted to try it

[amsterdam]

?????????????????

[Buck268]

so what do you think ppl, i think he will be happy dieing wow it will be interesting to dies, i alwasy wanted to try it


Death; the last great adventure.

[amsterdam]

i'll take my sweet time getting to that adventure,i am having to much fun with this one!

[boywonder]

please can someone tell me what he did that was so great

[Revelation]

The Pope was awesome. I remember when we used to blaze together back in the day. Man could he put some shit awawy. And then there was this one time when he got naked on top of the Vatican and he had this flower pot on top of his head. Man..those were the days.

RIP Johnny. *Tips 40oz* Thats one for the homie. Peace.

[anycraic]

lol, but yeah in europe anyway theres not much point to having a pope, as our churches lie empty, people think its like the english royal family in the sense of 'whats the use?'

[Hektik]

The pope =/

[ermitonto]

I must say I don't really care. Thousands of people die every day, and if I took the time to feel sad for every one of them I would lead a depressing life indeed. I never met him and he never did anything significant to improve my life; in fact as leader of the Catholics he has helped to promote a system of beliefs that states that my beliefs (that a world with so much evil could not possibly be directed by an omnipotent benevolent being of any sort) are incorrect, immoral and that I will burn for eternity for them. So to me he's just another person, no more deserving of my tears than anybody else I've never met that dies. In fact, he deserves so little of my consideration that I'm going to stop considering his death right now.

[koshea]

so is he dead? or no?

if he is, it is a sad day because im catholic....the thing i hate most is people who bash catholics due to ignorance....


and to ermitonto's post:

he was a human being, whether he helped you, or was unassociated with you dosent mean you cant be a compassionate human being, he found faith and comfort in it, whether he is right or wrong in his faith are arrelivent, he was an old peaceful man and to be so disrespectful to anyone who has died by not even concitering them is disgusting

have a ncie day

[boywonder]

i thought it was prety sad to keep him in the public eye for so long u coudl see he was not fit to do nethig it was nearly a joke u know , he was tryin to hard , js let him u know sleep (un pope him ) neone else in any other position to do with anything woudla been replaced, he keep goin ot the end was a bit of a mistake he was trying to hard i dunno .

[koshea]

well unless there are unforgiveable "sins" committed by the pope, and the vatican votes to remove him, he is pope for life

[Looker]

HEY HES NOT DEAD YET

[Looker]

Oh I get it April Fool...

[Looker]

But seriously he's not dead yet...

[ermitonto]

he was a human being, whether he helped you, or was unassociated with you dosent mean you cant be a compassionate human being, he found faith and comfort in it, whether he is right or wrong in his faith are arrelivent, he was an old peaceful man and to be so disrespectful to anyone who has died by not even concitering them is disgusting

Like I said, there are thousands of people who die every day that I don't consider. I don't mean them any disrespect, it's just that I don't have the time to consider every "old peaceful man" on the other side of the planet that dies. If he really touched you and you feel he contributed to your life, by all means feel sad that he's not going to be around any more, but I hardly know anything about him so to be honest I'm not that bummed and would like to continue with my happy day over here in this hemisphere. Hey, I can't control my emotions.

[Looker]

I believe he accomplished more than any other pope in the area of promoting the message of peace throughout the world...

Good person to know.....

[wasywon]

he was against protections and thousands died of aids... he can rot in fucking hell for all i care

key word is 'I', feel free to have ur opinions just cos mine is extreme doesn't mean i am closed minded

[Looker]

I can understand you feeling that way...about contraception and alot of other issues..

I dunno I try to find the good in all but realize there are and have been those who have perhaps no good at all...

[koshea]

he was against protections and thousands died of aids... he can rot in fucking hell for all i care

key word is 'I', feel free to have ur opinions just cos mine is extreme doesn't mean i am closed minded

aye....yet another very common anti-catholic comment....the catholic religion is against protection has nothing to do with forming to the new ages, or power, or anything of the sort, but catholics are pro-life, and sperm are alive, sure they are indeed just organisms but theya re alive and have the potential of becoming a human being with gods grace, its own soul, and more, after all what is the REAL reason sex even exists?

to reperduce

people wouldnt die of AIDS if they knew the person they were fucking, god forbid somone have morals eh...and you are one soul far astray if yous ay you want the pope to burn in hell, you fucking idiot he didnt make the idea to be against birth controll, the vatican did, if you wernt such an ignorant popus ass you would realize that

and sex is better without a condom anyways

and P.S. the no birth controll is virtually a dead practice such as the no pork for JEWS....only extreme catholics follow those rules, which is probally around a thousand people in the USA all togeather

[az666]

well unless there are unforgiveable "sins" committed by the pope, and the vatican votes to remove him, he is pope for life

hey dude....i dont understand this...i was going to ask who will be the next pope then read this.....so is there not going to be another pope untill the people vote another one in? or just not going to be another pope......

speaking of death i had the most incredible dream last night that the world was ending....it was amazing....people running but not knowing where they were running to.....possibly the most viberant dream i have had in a long time.....the sun was normal size but i looked at it cause it was a very strange orange/red color and it got closer and bigger and bigger untill it was pretty damn big and close.....then meteors.....really REALLY fast you could watch them go from barly visable to breaking through the atmosphere in seconds......then i knew i was going to die.....and stood there waiting......then i woke up :(......i didnt really want to.....i wanted to see what it would be like to die in the dream realm......LOL realm....amazing dream.....probly doesnt make much sense to you but hey just thought id go on a ramble....

hahahaha i really stoned and just looked at how much shit i had written...lots of shit.....sorry :)

[duppy man]

if he is dead or when he dies..we enter another era, which I dont think is going to be the best time for mankind.....god help us all

[koshea]

haha dude thats accually quite the accurate description of the foreshadowing/beginning of the apocolypse from the book of revelations...but the vatican usually spends weeks upon weeks locked in a room with certin canadites and vote on it...when a new pope is chosen, the vatican gives a sign to the public and everyone cheers

[somebody someone]

u dont vote in a pope do u?! i figured he was like selcted by god

did the pope die yet or will he outlast april fools day?

[Lulu]

hey dude....i dont understand this...i was going to ask who will be the next pope then read this.....so is there not going to be another pope untill the people vote another one in? or just not going to be another pope......


Like everything else in the Roman Catholic Church there are a series of rituals to go through first.

When the Pope dies, the Cardinal Camerlengo (currently Eduardo Cardinal Martinez Somalo) must verify the death, traditionally by calling the Pope three times by his name without response. He must then authorize a death certificate and make the event public by notifying the Cardinal Vicar for the Diocese of Rome (currently Camillo Cardinal Ruini). The Camerlengo then seals the Pope's private apartments. He would also arrange for the "ring of the fisherman" and the papal seal to be broken. He then makes preparations for the Papal funeral rites, the novemdieles, the nine days of mourning.

During the interregnum, it is the Camerlengo who is responsible for the government of the Church. He must arrange the funeral and burial of the Pope. He directs the election of a new pope, assisted by three Cardinals, elected by the College of Cardinals, with three new Cardinals elected every three days.

All heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia are suspended from exercising their authority during the interregnum (and are expected to resign their posts immediately on the election of the new Pope). The only exceptions to this are the Cardinal Camerlengo, the Cardinal Vicar of Rome, the Major Penitentiary (William Cardinal Baum), the Cardinal Archpriest of St Peter's Basilica and the Vicar-General for Vatican City (both offices are held by Virgilio Cardinal Noe). These continue in their posts during the interregnum.

After 15-20 days of "General Congregations", sermons at their Titular Churches and mourning for the Pope after his funeral, the Cardinal Electors enter the Conclave to choose which of them will emerge as Holy Roman Pontiff.

The Cardinals must take an oath when they first enter the Conclave that they will follow the rules set down by the Pope and that they will maintain absolute secrecy about the voting and deliberations. The penalty for disclosing anything about the conclave that must be kept secret is automatic excommunication.

The Cardinals all take seats around the wall of the Sistine Chapel and take a ballot paper on which is written "Eligo in suumum pontificem" -- "I elect as supreme Pontiff...". They then write a name on it, fold it, and then proceed one by one to approach the altar, where a chalice stands with a paten on it. They hold up their ballot high to show that they have voted, then place it on the paten, and then slides it into the chalice. The votes are then counted by the Cardinal Camerlengo and his three assistants. Each assistant reads the name, reads the name aloud, writes it down on a tally sheet and then passes it to the next assistant. The third assistance runs a needle and thread through the centre of each ballot to join them all together. The ballots are then burned, as well as all notes made. If a new Pope has been elected, the papers are burned with to give white smoke. Otherwise, they give off black smoke, so that the waiting crowds, and the world, know whether their new Holy Father will soon emerge from the Sistine Chapel.

http://www.catholic-pages.com/pope/election.asp

[az666]

haha dude thats accually quite the accurate description of the foreshadowing/beginning of the apocolypse from the book of revelations...but the vatican usually spends weeks upon weeks locked in a room with certin canadites and vote on it...when a new pope is chosen, the vatican gives a sign to the public and everyone cheers

were you refering to my post? cause i have no idea what "the book of revelations are"....ill have a look for the foreshadowing....it honestly was a dream i had last night......if you arnt refering to my post then....ok:)

how do they decide who is going to be in for selection if you know what i mean...like do they pick people out of the phone book or is there a list alreadsy of holy peeps that they have to chooose from.....
2nd Q. who is the man down from the pope?

[Chilled Out]

he was against protections and thousands died of aids... he can rot in fucking hell for all i care

key word is 'I', feel free to have ur opinions just cos mine is extreme doesn't mean i am closed minded
I'm not Catholic or anything, but if you went with this "no protection" thing, weren't you also going with the "no sex til marriage" thing? Therefore you'd only be fucking your wife, so no AIDS.

Also, the Pope told Bush to get out of Iraq, so he gets big ups from me.

[az666]

ignore most of my last post as lulu kindly answer it :)
thanks dude :D

but koshea do you know much about the forcoming?
im looking into it now but all i can find is that its whats going to happen in a book....and anotheer thing on sum psychic guys prophecies

[koshea]

ignore most of my last post as lulu kindly answer it :)
thanks dude :D

but koshea do you know much about the forcoming?
im looking into it now but all i can find is that its whats going to happen in a book....and anotheer thing on sum psychic guys prophecies

no i dont think ive herd much about the forcoming, but i was referring to your post yes about the apocolypse.....pick up a bible and turn to the very back, i tell you, the bible is accually a good book if you take the time to read it, its full of people killing, fighting, lying, dying, betraying, and thieving....no so much for the religious significance but for shere entertainment

[Rarrr]

Well i'm not going to lose any sleep over his death... Can anyone tell me what he has done for humankind other than being a representative of god (allegedly)?

[Rarrr]

ignore most of my last post as lulu kindly answer it
thanks dude

but koshea do you know much about the forcoming?
im looking into it now but all i can find is that its whats going to happen in a book....and anotheer thing on sum psychic guys prophecies
I think the psychic guy you were talking about is nostradamus, he predicted the coming of Napolean, Hitler and the nuclear bomb. Whether he's right about the apocalypse is still unknown as he predicted it around 2012 (not sure on date)

[DreamSmoke]

Oh give it up you guys, he's just an old Italian guy. He's not Holy or anything, no person on Earth alive right now is anywhere near holy, just trying to pretend to be. No person here right now is blessed, trying to be fricken one of the Wise Men or something...

p.s i'm high right now

oh and I don't believe in this whole "the world's goona end" bullshit. It was supposed to end in like 92', then in 96', 98', 00', we were all supposed to die last year too and I haven't seen it so far. We're all also supposed to die in like 2008 too :rolleyes:

Jeez...wise up we're not going nowhere until like 10,000 years from now. Nowhere near our lifetime..

[Dick Justice]

Pope's not dead, April Fools!

[tagnamestek]

i hope he dies i hate the pope hes rasist

[Mojavpa]

i hope he dies i hate the pope hes rasist

Please explain how he is racist. He constantly criticized the US for executing people because he is smart enough to know that poor black men are more likely to be be given the death penalty.

[Day Dreamin Faze]

http://www.cbc.ca/national/rex/rex_050401.html

[justanotheramerican]

I have never really liked the Catholic Church. Actually, you might say that I fucking hate the Catholic Church. But it will be sad to see this Pope go. There have been a lot of bad people in charge of running that church, and John Paul was one of the much better ones. I'll be sad anyway.

[BUZz UK]

The Pope was awesome. I remember when we used to blaze together back in the day. Man could he put some shit awawy. And then there was this one time when he got naked on top of the Vatican and he had this flower pot on top of his head. Man..those were the days.

RIP Johnny. *Tips 40oz* Thats one for the homie. Peace.

lmao, wish i could have been there, he just whitey'ed when he was with me.

[tir na nog]

he wasnt a bad person...... oh well

[Mello.as.Hello]

I Like The Pope. The Pope Smokes Dope.

[Stedric]

but catholics are pro-life, and sperm are alive, sure they are indeed just organisms but theya re alive and have the potential of becoming a human being with gods grace, its own soul, and more, after all what is the REAL reason sex even exists?
How do you know why sex exists? Even if you didn't wear a condom, only one sperm would survive the rest all die. Its a sperm, you have over a billion of them in your testicles, not exactly a shortage. Why would you value the life of a sperm over the life of a human being? I'm going have sex with my girlfriend while wearing a condom just to piss you off, call me a mass murderer :D.

If you think people are getting AIDS because of the degradation of morality then you need a serious reality check. Morality flew out the window long before AIDS came along, promiscous sex isn't the only reason people get AIDS. I wish there was a different disease going around, one that affected ignorant morons. Call it ARDS, Anal Retentive Dipshit Syndrome.

[koshea]

How do you know why sex exists? Even if you didn't wear a condom, only one sperm would survive the rest all die. Its a sperm, you have over a billion of them in your testicles, not exactly a shortage. Why would you value the life of a sperm over the life of a human being? I'm going have sex with my girlfriend while wearing a condom just to piss you off, call me a mass murderer :D.

If you think people are getting AIDS because of the degradation of morality then you need a serious reality check. Morality flew out the window long before AIDS came along, promiscous sex isn't the only reason people get AIDS. I wish there was a different disease going around, one that affected ignorant morons. Call it ARDS, Anal Retentive Dipshit Syndrome.

lets see, i know sex exists for reperduction because only people and porposes even get orgasm's from sex...sex is for continuing the species and if anyone wants to look like a damn fool and try to speak against that go ahead and try...lol...and im not against protection dipshit, if you didnt have your own made up disease you would have read the rest of my post and seen that i said VERY FEW PEOPLE FUCKIN FOLLOW THE BIRTH CONTROLL RULES IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, and yes in a woman all sperm but one die but that one creates life, a creature of god, and protection prevents life, so therefore it is seen as anti-life

i for one most always use a condom and im catholic from birth, so you stedric,
can
suck
my
huge
catholic
dick

[Looker]

All I said originally was that out of lets say all of the popes in the last several hundred years HE has acted the most travelled the most and met personally with more foreign leaders than any pope in recent history...

Thats all I said

Hey but if it opens up healthy discussion thats good too..

I think Padre Pio was great man too if you ask me.....

[Looker]

Look people Im third generation Sicilian from Queens New York...

Whattya want from me?????

[Stedric]

lets see, i know sex exists for reperduction because only i,
can
suck
my
huge
catholic
dick
:D Have a nice day.

[A Foo Says]

He's finally dead.

[Looker]

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, has died at 84, the Vatican announced in an e-mail Saturday.

[Stedric]

I'm not happy he died and I don't really bear any anti-Catholic sentiments (just anti-religion in general). They'll replace him and I won't be able to tell the difference.

Oh well.

[koshea]

look at me i act like a 5 year old making up false quotes becuause i got told


pussy

lol jk man no hard feelings, we're allowed to ahve different views...even though our views are the same for the most part you just started an arguement...lol

[duppy man]

haha dude thats accually quite the accurate description of the foreshadowing/beginning of the apocolypse from the book of revelations...but the vatican usually spends weeks upon weeks locked in a room with certin canadites and vote on it...when a new pope is chosen, the vatican gives a sign to the public and everyone cheers
well lets hope the next pope isn't the last that was not intended to be a quote and as i have never read the book of revelations it couldn't be but if the last pope is black........the end....

[Looker]

Most of the Popes cardinal/bishop appointments were to candidates of many asian and african countries....and he made alot of appointments he was pope for like twenty five years...

[chris420]

well hes dead now.. he died like an hour ago, so far the best pope the catholic church has had, atleast he wont be suffering anymore RIP

[Etrain]

R.I.P...I was just watchin a movie where the pope supposedly dies. (Eurotrip)

[likemclever]

May God bless you and keep you Pope John Paul II...It is a very sad day.

(and he was polish not Italian)

[Epic]

Oh no the Poop is dead =(

[kyle]

I don't know much about the pope, and I know a little about the Catholic religion. I do know however that one of the great Henry kings made it up because according to the religion they followed they we're not allowed to have more than one wife, this pissed one of them off so he made his own 'branch' of it. There are several 'branches' of this religion; None of which I follow. I have no doubt that the pope was a good man but he did not do anything of any real significance for me. Therefore he's another good old man dead and gone. Like Ermintonto said, 'hundreds of people die everyday'. People die, thats the way it is, just hope he's in "heavan".

[4252]

Just to address the "what did he do?" question, don't forget that he was a Polish clergyman at a time when Poland was a communist country under the influence of the former U.S.S.R. It was risky to speak out against the oppression there, and speak he did. Poland and East Germany were among the first places the monolithic Soviet Union started to fall apart, and we should remember that religious freedom was one of the main rallying points, and that John Paul was right there in the middle of the controversy, when he was a bishop.

He was critical of all totalitarian activities, including our own (U.S.A.) at times. As the spokesman and titular head of the church, he was a representative of millions of people who believe in positive values and morality. However misguided at times, religious values are among the few organized systems opposed to the sort of things we regard as "evil"; totaliarianism, slavery, genocide, etc. Sort the conscience of the race. I think he did a good job in that respect. In some ways a chruch or faith is a nation, and he was a good "head of state".

How about a Jewish Pope this time, what do you think? (rim shot).

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[Stedric]

pussy

lol jk man no hard feelings, we're allowed to ahve different views...even though our views are the same for the most part you just started an arguement...lol
NP man my fault I can get pretty opinionated sometimes, but I shouldn't be a dink to people just because of that. I should also read your whole post before writing a response.

No hard feelings.

[Rarrr]

I think Pope Benedict was the best pope, he brought a lot of change and was also very open minded

[smokinindausa]

WHO CARES IF THE POPE DIES HE IS ONE MAN!

On a lighter note, tens of thousands of people starved or were killed today in poor countres.

[Epic]

WHO CARES IF THE POPE DIES HE IS ONE MAN!

On a lighter note, tens of thousands of people starved or were killed today in poor countres.
But they arent famous. Stop talking about things the general population does not care about [/sarcasm]

[Lulu]

I don't know much about the pope, and I know a little about the Catholic religion. I do know however that one of the great Henry kings made it up because according to the religion they followed they we're not allowed to have more than one wife, this pissed one of them off so he made his own 'branch' of it.
What you're talking about is Henry VIII (28 June 1491â??28 January 1547) and his breakaway from Rome to start the Church of England because he wanted a divorce from his wife Catharine of Aragon (Catharine had been pregnant about 7 times but only one child survived, a girl but no male heir).

This Anglican Church had the king as it's head (act of supremacist) the king got to decide whether the church was catholic or protestant. The king dictated and it was protestant.

[Loz]

He was on his way out years ago but people just wanted to keep him alive for aslong as they could. He should of been dead ages ago. I would of hated to be in the public eye constantly if i was dying that must of been well depressing for him

[kyle]

Thank you Lulu!
Got my facts straight now.