His Holiness Benedict XVI to tweet to his Catholic flock The leader of the Catholic Church has communicated with his followers using various media over the years, including radio and television, but come December 12, Pope Benedict XVI will be the first to voice the Church's message in 140 characters or fewer, when he inaugurates the official papal Twitter account. Posting as @ …
one wonders when the Day arrives.
Especially the one where you will Edict that those "priests" who could not keep their mitts off little boys and girls will be dragged out of their "penance" and handed over to the local secular authorities so they can be tried like the criminals they are.
#isntitabouttime
First, the eternal question: "why do men have nipples?"
Second, did Adam and Eve have navels? If they did, and they were made in God's image and likeness, then who begat God (for a navel would surely imply that He had a Begetter)? And if not, how can the Bible tell us (of the navel-having kind) that we're made in His image and likeness?
Pope Benedict XVI has said that while Catholics believe that the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit, one cannot take individual biblical quotes or passages and say each one is literally true.
You'll be thinking about those crazy american fundamental christians who take every passage literally.
"That puts the Pope on the about the same level as Zuckerberg and I wouldn't trust either of them."
Beautiful point; it made me think. How else does Catholicism compare to Facebookism (apart from having the same number of letters)?
1. Believers consider themselves privileged. Everyone else can see that they're just someone's b1tch.
2. Believers don't understand the hatred and distrust from non-believers.
3. Believers try to get others to sign up, with assurances that it will improve their lives.
4. Believers don't notice how it takes over their lives.
5. Many believers don't want to be helped.
Hope he texts just in Latin - and make it a Lingua Franca for the Christendom again!
Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae. Et in Iesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus, descendit ad infernos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis, ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis, inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam aeternam. Amen.
D'mmit too many characters!
" the filth and hatred they're going to have to wade through... is surely not something they'll be used to!"
Um. I would imaging that is something they are used to especially considering the number of priests ushered overseas or away from local congregations because of the 'choir boy' thing.
My questions would be
1) why is the legal age of consent in the Vatican State 12 years of age?
2) Why not up it to 18 - or - if you are priests - ban it all together?
I doubt the top-level people are often in direct confrontation with lay people, especially via the internet actually. Maybe they'll have some serfs to wade through it and pass all the non-explicit posts to a bishop who will then select which to show the Pope.
How many women are there in the Vatican anyway?
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