Well, lemme be up front.... I am NOT Catholic. I don't typically have a high opinion of Popes. Generally don't have a high opinion of any religious leaders... I really liked the last pope. He wasn't perfect. But he really did make an amazing effort to bring the church into the modern era even as it kicked and screamed against such a deviation from it's previous locality in time of about 1000 years ago. He didn't bring it all the way to the modern world. But no one has ever done more towards getting it to the modern age than the last pope. I appreciate that deeply. My understanding, is this new Pope, shares many view points with the last pope... I think he too is a little bit of a modernizer. As for his position on Islam.......... No idea. But being from Chicago, a huge city full of all types and varieties of people, I find it hard to believe that he can't find the beauty that can live in Islam depending on who is practicing it of course. Because different folks interpret things differently. Including the faiths that they choose to hold. Religion, any and all of them, in the hands of the open minded and compassionate can be a powerful force for good and the betterment of society and the world. In the hands of those who are rigid and cruel, it can be a tool of great evil. I hope this pope will use it the way the last pope did, as the former rather than the latter, especially in relation to all other religions, which also hold that same promise and that same threat. Only time will tell what this pope is all about.
Guys, I am not a Christian, but I have read the bible to some extent, and I just want to say one thing, the pope is not going to do much about the Islamic nations in my opinion for its kind of out of his domain, but what is in his domain is that he should attempt to reduce discord amongst people especially when it comes to the Muslims. By experience I can surely say that 70% of the times Muslims are normal people, and they are quite nice, most of these people are some of the most hospitable people there are (no wonder the best airlines and hotels come from there). The problem is the remaining 30% radical terrorists.
If there is an Italian reading this, he/she is sure to know that recently a Pakistani Imam was deported to Pakistan from Italy after he asked local Muslims to rise up against infidels who were not Muslims (such attitudes must not be tolerated at all by any nation). Now this is where the stereotype comes in. Another cause of discrimination is the fact that nearly all major terror organizations are Muslim.
The new pope has the task to reduce such discriminatory feelings amongst people (mainly Christians), but he should also ensure that the radical Muslims are fully aware of the consequences of their actions like the American hunt for Osama-Bin-Laden and the Indian operation Sindoor.
I hope that the new pope rises up to this task.
Non potrà mai essere donna perchè è una regola canonica basata su una tradizione sacra, secondo l’insegnamento ufficiale della Chiesa, Gesù scelse solo uomini come apostoli, e la Chiesa continua questa tradizione.La Chiesa considera il Papa come successore dell'apostolo Pietro che era una guida spirituale più che politico, e quindi pensa che la scelta debba avvenire in modo religioso, non popolare. Per questo il Papa è scelto dal Conclave che è composto da un gruppo di Cardinali.
La tua proposta che tutti i cristiani possano votare il Papa o che tutti i 700 abitanti della nazioni della Città del Vaticano possano votare il Papa non si fa semplicemente perchè la stessa costituzione della Città del Vaticano prevede che i suoi 700 cittadini non possano votare, è los tesso concetto per cui voi nei Paesi Bassi non eleggete il vostro nuovo re. Il Papa è il monarca della sua nazione (Città del Vaticano) così come Willem Alexander è il monarca della sua nazione (Paesi Bassi) 🙂
That's exactly the point. You've said so: the Pope is an absolute monarch. That is one of the problems why the Catholic Church is collapsing and nobody cares about the Pope. Monarchies are not fashionable anymore and are out of place in the modern world. The Pope is still a monarch that has lost the power he used to have in the past. Pope Francis, coming from outside of Europe, tried to revert this situation, but, apparently, Europeans did not understand him and will go on with their outdated traditions. In the modern world, monarchs are a decorative flower vase, a species in extinction.
È proprio questo il punto. L'hai detto tu: il Papa è un monarca assoluto. Questo è uno dei problemi per cui la Chiesa cattolica sta crollando e a nessuno importa del Papa. Le monarchie non sono più di moda e sono fuori luogo nel mondo moderno. Il Papa è ancora un monarca che ha perso il potere che aveva in passato. Papa Francesco, proveniente da fuori Europa, ha cercato di invertire questa situazione, ma, a quanto pare, gli europei non lo hanno capito e continueranno con le loro tradizioni obsolete. Nel mondo moderno, i monarchi sono un vaso di fiori decorativo, una specie in estinzione.
Come se la monarchia esiste solo in Europa, vI in Asia e guarda le monarchie che ci sono lì
Come se la monarchia esiste solo in Europa, vI in Asia e guarda le monarchie che ci sono lì
We are just talking of the Western World, the Christian World, influenced by the French Revolution. Asia and Africa have little to do with that. Who would like to live under absolute monarchies in other corners of the world?
...They just condemned integralism but it's funny, because the Catholics went all over the world killing and forcing people to join the religion....
That is correct but that was a long time ago. The islamists still do that.