WE HAVE A POPE!!! (Cardinal Ratzinger-Pope Benedict XVI)

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[Rutles4Ever]

WE HAVE A POPE!!!

[onyx]

Mine too.
I had the doc on the phone and we both burst into tears of joy when we heard Josef..... heart is leaping..... Ratzinger!

I'll never forget this day.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

They've got to be suicidal today at this latest.

On this day of good news, we can only hope.

[N. Beaujon]

Benedict XVI

Gloriae Olivae (sp?)

That's right, the symbol of the Benedictines is the Olive Branch/Tree. Hence it fulfils another one of Malachi's prophesies. One pope away from The End?

[cyncooper]

To: NonValueAdded
Benedict keeps being set forth... The 'Order of Olives" Hmmmm ..... 2nd last pope prior to antichrist (according to some prophesies).

663 posted on 04/19/2005 9:38:41 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen

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Nice guess (though I'll pass on the prophecy part)

Ah, NBC was smart enough to have a reporter (Martin Savidge) in the new Pope's hometown in Germany and they have bells ringig and Savidge reporting via phone about the excitement.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Let'em cry! the CINOs need to choose: serve God in the catholic way or find another church.

[lizol]

EXCELLENT!!!

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

I AM ASTOUNDED!!! It was beyond my hope to think Cardinal Ratzinger himself would be selected. I pretty much kept thinking who may get elected CLOSEST to the thinking of Ratzinger??? AND NOW WE GOT THE REAL DEAL!!!! I AM OVERJOYED WITH YOU!!!!

[Grzegorz 246]

Why he was right ?

[Yankee]

"You Sure? I thought I heard him say the Red Sox would repeat."

Maybe after a half dozen more popes have served. :)

[Lazamataz]

I am NOT going to read all of this thread, what would your pope name be?

Pope Lazamataz I, Pople for the People & Patron Saint of Trying to Get Laid.

[cyborg]

I see they've become experts in nazi youth history.

[drpix]

DUmmie Response (contains profanity, as usual)

They're taking it hard... THEY   Lose! Still no gay priests or same sex marraige!

[Williams]

The Church's relation to the holocaust is that the Church saved hundreds of thousands of Jews, Hitler attempted to destroy the Church, and many many priests and nuns were murdered in the Nazi death camps. The Vatican was surrounded by Nazi troops.

In response to the nonsense about the Church "not doing enough" I would like to know what Jewish leaders did to oppose Hitler in Germany. I have never heard any discussion of very active Jewish opposition to Hitler until the Warsaw Ghetto uprising very late in the game. It is my understanding that Jews attempted to ride Hitler out and thought it would be futile to openly oppose the Nazis. No criticism there, Hitler was a maniacal mass murderer.

[fortunecookie]

What a gift! I can hardly believe it and can't wait to visit Rome. What a blessing.

[Howlin]

I got your back. :-)

[Unam Sanctam]

Heaven be praised!

[Kleon]

"Benedict: of the olive. Malachy was right...again"

The name Benedict has nothing to do with olives. It means "blessed." The Malachy stuff is a hoax, the only semi-accurate predictions were a forgery, done after the fact.

[FourtySeven]

PETER THE ROMAN - This final Pope will likely be Satan, taking the form of a man named Peter who will gain a worldwide allegiance and adoration. He will be the final antichrist which prophecy students have long foretold. If it were possible, even the very elect would be deceived. The 112th prophesy states: "In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Petrus Romanus, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. The End."

I'm not sure if St. Malachy predicted that the final Pope will be Satan (the antichrist). I think as can be seen from his own words, he predicts that the final Pope will "feed his flock amid many tribulations".

Sounds more like a protector of the Church than the Antichrist.

[StoneColdGOP]

God bless Pope Benedict XVI!

May he be as stalwart a force against the evil of Islamofascism as Pope John Paul II was against Communism.

[ohioWfan]

Oh, funny. The guy on Fox just made a pun about Papa Ratzi. :o)