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?
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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 11:08:41 am PDT #14668 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
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!
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2013 11:09:53 am PDT #14670 of 30001
brillig
The Cardinal from Boston is a Capuchin and wanders around in monk's robes when he's not in full dress for mass. The Italians adore him.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2013 11:10:19 am PDT #14671 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
were there non-European popes 1000 years ago
I don't know off the top of my head, but there might well have been Greek or Egyptian popes waay back before the Roman Empire split in two.
Steph L. - Mar 13, 2013 11:10:20 am PDT #14672 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Contrary to popular belief, priests do not generally take a vow of poverty, unless they belong to an order that requires it.
But the Jesuits do, which is amusing in light of how well the Jesuits who educated my brother live.
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2013 11:10:36 am PDT #14673 of 30001
brillig
help the Vatican Apostolic Library digitize the entire catalogue of manuscripts and incunabula.
Glurble.
I think there may have been Near Eastern popes.
sumi - Mar 13, 2013 11:10:55 am PDT #14674 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Greeks aren't European?
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2013 11:11:30 am PDT #14675 of 30001
brillig
There are the Greeks in Greece, then there were the Greeks in Turkey and its environs. Hellenistic, I guess.
Amy - Mar 13, 2013 11:12:39 am PDT #14676 of 30001
Because books.
According to that bastion of Catholic knowledge, The Exorcist, the Jesuits also drink a lot.
Man, I loved Father Karras. He was even angstier than the guy from The Thorn Birds.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2013 11:13:45 am PDT #14677 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Greeks aren't European?
I guess they are, I just tend to think of Greece as more mid-East than Europe. Huh. The brain is a weird thing.