Okay, so he's the first Francis but the 266th pope?
The NYT announcement confused me. I was imagining 266 Pope Francis'.
Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Mar 13, 2013 11:01:18 am PDT #14660 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Trudy Booth - Mar 13, 2013 11:02:03 am PDT #14661 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
They're an order (actually the Society of Jesus; "Jesuit" is what members of the order are called).
So do you go to a Jesuit seminary? Or do you, forgive me, somehow major in Jesuit at whatever seminary?
Yes, I realize that sounds insane.
And does a particular congregation tend to be just one order? Or to they mix it up send different sorts?
Typo Boy - Mar 13, 2013 11:02:46 am PDT #14662 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I just hope he did not collaborate with the Argentinian government when they were disappearing people. That would be taking the war on Liberation Theology very literally. Though in line with the last Pope being a former Nazi Youth.
erikaj - Mar 13, 2013 11:03:57 am PDT #14663 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Francis is also Raylan Givens' middle name.(His mama was Frances) (/irrelevant heathen who watches too much TV)
Amy - Mar 13, 2013 11:04:51 am PDT #14664 of 30001
Because books.
I thought the different orders of priests worked sort of like guys who all go to the same university but join different fraternities. Same for nuns. They all believe the same things, but they choose different missions to focus on.
Also a Presbyterian, so I could be wildly wrong.
Okay, even I need the grammar book today.
Maria - Mar 13, 2013 11:05:01 am PDT #14665 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
The Jesuits are an order. [link]
Different vestments aren't required. There are different types of priests: diocesan and those who belong to an order.
Contrary to popular belief, priests do not generally take a vow of poverty, unless they belong to an order that requires it.
Atropa - Mar 13, 2013 11:08:10 am PDT #14666 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The new Pope talk reminded me: my company has donated 2.8 petabytes of storage to help the Vatican Apostolic Library digitize the entire catalogue of manuscripts and incunabula. Yes, my first thought on reading the press release was, "As an EMC employee, do I get reading privileges? Please?"
Consuela - Mar 13, 2013 11:08:26 am PDT #14667 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So do you go to a Jesuit seminary? Or do you, forgive me, somehow major in Jesuit at whatever seminary?
You study with the Jesuits, I believe. They run schools and so forth, and for people who enter the order it's like an academic fraternity. So you can be a Jesuit and teach at a Jesuit school, or you can be a Jesuit and just be a regular parish priest who happens to be a member of that order.
sumi - Mar 13, 2013 11:08:41 am PDT #14668 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I also found the "first Non-European Pope in 1000 years" thing confusing.
Is he the first non-European Pope ever or were there non-European popes 1000 years ago?
Consuela - Mar 13, 2013 11:09:18 am PDT #14669 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Cross-post with Amy on the fraternity analogy!