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Pope Francis reveals he used to work as a bar bouncer
FOX NEWS ^ | 12/03/2013

Posted on 12/03/2013 2:55:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind

It’s common knowledge that St. Peter guards the pearly gates. But what many people might not know is Pope Francis used to guard the door at a bar in Argentina.

That’s right: Pope Francis used to be a bar bouncer.

The 76-year-old pontiff disclosed his previous vocation in a parish visit to the church of San Cirillo Alessandrino in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome on Sunday, the Catholic News Service reported.

The nugget from Francis’ past, when he used to be known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was disclosed during a four-hour conversation, in which the pope also mentioned he used to sweep floors and run tests in a chemical laboratory as a teenager.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barbouncer; popefrancis
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To: mikrofon

I’ve always looked at Luther as though he bounced himself out of the priesthood leaving his calling card hung on a nail on the door. LOL!


21 posted on 12/03/2013 4:53:00 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: SeekAndFind

22 posted on 12/03/2013 5:39:18 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AU72
" Alright people, it's 2:30...Closing UP!...Hotel...Motel...just get the hell outta here!"
23 posted on 12/03/2013 5:44:12 PM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: JoeDetweiler
Never worked as a bouncer....but I have been bounced ;-)

I've been a bouncee a few times myself.

24 posted on 12/03/2013 6:20:24 PM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bouncer: “You’re outta here, go home,clean up your life and ask God to forgive you”.

Drunk: “Oh yeah, well who made you the Pope?”


25 posted on 12/03/2013 7:49:07 PM PST by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: Cicero
"Actually, a bar bouncer may be exactly what we need, to clean out the Vatican and retire the worst dissident bishops."

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With that kind of background, when he gets around to clearing out the queer happenings in the Curia, here are some of the sounds you might hear (with the words slightly modified here and there):

:-)

26 posted on 12/03/2013 8:38:08 PM PST by Heart-Rest (Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal 6:7)
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To: SeekAndFind

I saw where somebody did a parody of the “Roadhouse” poster with Pope Francis’ face shopped over Patrick Swayze’s. Which led me to suggest a new regnal motto:

“Always be nice…until it’s time to not be nice.”


27 posted on 12/03/2013 9:33:30 PM PST by RichInOC (2013-14 Tiber Swim Team)
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To: AnAmericanMother

“Your name’s not down, you’re not comin’ in.”


28 posted on 12/03/2013 9:34:53 PM PST by RichInOC (2013-14 Tiber Swim Team)
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To: AnAmericanMother

HA HA

That good cartoon LMAO


29 posted on 12/04/2013 9:11:53 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: RichInOC

OH MAN I want see that ROFL


30 posted on 12/04/2013 9:12:59 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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