Pope's first six months reveal a 'rich, complex' personality

cna ^ | September 13, 2013 | Elise Harris

[NYer]

“He wasn't a man that was comfortable with crowds.” However, after World Youth Day in Rio de Janiero earlier this summer, the pontiff is “a completely different person for good, in the sense that he is incredibly comfortable with the crowds as he was not in the past.”

As I recall, WYD had a similar effect on Pope Benedict.

[Tax-chick]

That is an excellent photo of Pope Francis. I have not yet seen one for sale that I really like.

[cloudmountain]

Pope Francis is only 76 years old. That isn't so old anymore. He could be in the Chair of St. Peter for another 20 years.
I think that what he does in the next 15 years or so will be far more interesting than his first six months. Doncha think?

[MayflowerMadam]

“the Chair of St. Peter”

LOL!

[cloudmountain]

The Chair of Saint Peter (Latin: Cathedra Petri) is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica, enclosed in a sculpted gilt bronze casing that was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and executed between 1647 and 1653. The name derives from the Latin cathedra meaning chair or throne, which is used to denote the chair or seat of a bishop. The cathedra in St. Peter's Basilica was once used by the popes. Inside the Chair is a wooden throne, which, according to tradition, was used by Saint Peter. It was, however, actually a gift from Charles the Bald to Pope John VIII in 875.

This has been a much-used name for the pope's authority.
However, I am glad to have given your a chuckle for the day. NEVER hurts to laugh.

[Salvation]

FYI:

Cathedra Petri, Altar of the Chair of St. Peter [Catholic Caucus]
Aid Group Invites Prayer for Pope on Sunday (feast of the Chair of St. Peter)
Chairman of the Barque - Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
Today's the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
Harry Potter and the Chair of Peter (Lead us not into temptation has meaning to Benedict XVI)
St. Peter's Chair at Rome
FEBRUARY 22, CHAIR OF PETER, APOSTLE

[smvoice]

Charles the Bald ??

LOL-er!

[vladimir998]

Yep, he was called “Bald” because he was very hairy. Ironic nicknames were very common in Classical times and the Middle Ages.

[smvoice]

REALLY?! That’s hilarious! Who knew there were comedians running around as the Plague threatened Europe! I guess they all had to laugh to keep from crying then, too.

[vladimir998]

“REALLY?! That’s hilarious! Who knew there were comedians running around as the Plague threatened Europe!”

The plague wouldn’t hit Europe for another 550 years.

“I guess they all had to laugh to keep from crying then, too.”

Maybe you should read a book. If you have a government school education, it would benefit you to study rather than post about things which are apparently unfamiliar to you. Why not read the classic The Murder of Charles the Good. Charles really was, generally speaking, good so his nickname was not ironic. The translator’s name is James Bruce Ross - and James was actually a woman despite her masculine name. On March 2, 1127, while Charles was praying on his knees in church, some knights sent by a rival family murdered him. The murder shocked all of Europe.

[smvoice]

Thank you for your advice, but I’m more into God’s Word. Everything else pales in comparison.

[vladimir998]

“Thank you for your advice, but I’m more into God’s Word. Everything else pales in comparison.”

It does, that’s true. I wonder what the odds are of a person in the modern world choosing to be ignorant about something as fundamental as history but believing he will have an insight into scripture actually achieving it?

[Arthur McGowan]

Sort of like how the Muslims think the world needs only one book.

[Jeff Chandler]

Yep, he was called “Bald” because he was very hairy.

Like "Barack the Competent."

[Jeff Chandler]

I wonder what the odds are of a person in the modern world choosing to be ignorant about something as fundamental as history but believing he will have an insight into scripture actually achieving it?

The Bible doesn't condemn gambling so the question can be asked.

[smvoice]

Since history books aren’t written by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, I would say the odds are GREAT that a person who is saved can actually read God’s Word to him/her and understand it. But I have a feeling, vlad, that you don’t understand this.

[vladimir998]

“But I have a feeling, vlad, that you don’t understand this.”

Oh, I do. I also know how presumptive Protestants are about their supposed understanding scripture.

[smvoice]

Then perhaps you can find a history book for me that explains it all. There is nothing more dependable than a man telling another man what is truth.

[vladimir998]

“There is nothing more dependable than a man telling another man what is truth.”

If someone is an anti-Catholic Protestant, then many men are more reliable about the truth than he is.

Start here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Founding-Christendom-History-vol/dp/0931888212