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Troubled Church starts conclave to find new pope
reuters. ^
| Tue Mar 12, 2013
Posted on 03/12/2013 10:27:21 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Red-robed cardinals retreated behind the heavy wooden doors of the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday at the start of a conclave that will elect a new pope to tackle the strife and scandal rocking the Roman Catholic Church.
Latin chants and organ music accompanied the cardinals as they processed into the room, with Michelangelo's depiction of Christ delivering the Last Judgment on the back wall and his image of the hand of God giving life to Adam on the ceiling.
Laying their own hands on the Gospels and speaking in Latin, they took a vow of secrecy not to divulge anything about the ballot, which was expected to start with an initial round of voting later in the afternoon.
No conclave in the modern era has chosen a pope on the first day, and some cardinals speculated earlier this week that it might take up to four or five days to pick the man to replace Pope Benedict, who unexpectedly abdicated last month.......
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion
KEYWORDS: conclave; troubledchurch
To: JoeProBono
“Troubled Church”...you just gotta love Al-Reuters.
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:28:22 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
To: JoeProBono
Get rid of the Homosexuals, and there will be no more “trouble” in the church.
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:28:38 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Soon the "invisible hand" will press the economic "reset" button.)
To: Gay State Conservative
Exactly, what a load of crapola!
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:30:51 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: Gay State Conservative
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:33:05 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:37:32 AM PDT
by
Fido969
To: Gay State Conservative
First thing I noticed also.
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:41:29 AM PDT
by
Seabeejas
(h)
To: Fido969
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:41:52 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Dear Reuters, any “troubles” the church has appear to be caused by the types of folks that you like to love.
Please take them back.
If you want to hate a religion, try Islam.
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:44:51 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Gay State Conservative
Yeah no doubt. I’m not remotely Roman Catholic, but come on. What a ridiculous mischaracterization of the church.
Hype and spin much Reuters? Wait - yes, yes they do.
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:48:41 AM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! [You can vote Democrat when you're dead]...)
To: Gay State Conservative
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posted on
03/12/2013 10:58:27 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: JoeProBono
Looking for a LIVE THREAD???
Megan Kelly just announced the first vote - BLACK smoke.
No consensus.
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posted on
03/12/2013 11:44:28 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
To: Da Coyote
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posted on
03/12/2013 12:30:19 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: sodpoodle
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posted on
03/12/2013 12:33:06 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Free Vulcan
Cardinals open papal conclave at Sistine Chapel; no pope elected on first day
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posted on
03/12/2013 1:18:04 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Trouble Reuters tries to start controversy to find new audience.
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posted on
03/12/2013 1:23:06 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
Add “Trouble Reuters” section to my Google News homepage
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posted on
03/12/2013 1:29:43 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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