White smoke - Habemus Papam

[KitSileya]

I'm watching live from Rai Uno, we still don't know who it will bw. The thread in LBN is way too caustic for me, so I'm going to start a thread here instead.

[CBHagman]

1. I'm watching the live feed...

...but we're still all waiting.

[KitSileya]

2. Yeah, just watching the Swiss Guard for now....

I'm a rather devout and liturgically conservative Catholic, but I don't expect DU agree with me. I had hoped for some respect, tho', but I can understand the animosity. I hope the Church will accept homosexuality, and equal marriage, as well as contraception at least, in time, but women priests and married clergy is not important to me, nor is divorce.

[KitSileya]

3. Jorge Maria Bergoglio, Pope Francis

Breaking precedent on name, and first from S. america (Argentine).

[Kingofalldems]

4. A Jesuit.

[hedgehog]

6. A Black pope!

[UrbScotty]

7. No, but he's Hispanic!

[hedgehog]

8. The head of the Jesuit order is traditionally referred to as the Black Pope -

so technically he is not the Black Pope, but I don't know if there has ever been a Jesuit Pope!

[UrbScotty]

9. Ah, I see. Well, he is the first Jesuit Pope!

[Brigid]

5. Pope Francis.

God's blessings on you, Holy Father.

[mykpart]

10. So is the name Francis to honor

St. Francis of Assisi or St. Francis Xavier?

[CBHagman]

11. Or Francis de Sales?

Or someone else neither of us is thinking of?

(Channeling George Carlin doing his priest voice in Class Clown): "It's a mystery."

[demosincebirth]

12. Assisi.

I dare not go to LBN, at least for a week. I'll be lurking on Democrats for Progress in the time being.

[mykpart]

13. I just thought that since he's a Jesuit,

and Francis Xavier helped establish the Society of Jesus, maybe he meant him.

[CBHagman]

14. D'oh!

Completely forgot Francis Xavier.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

15. WOW! 2 first in one man!

This is way cool! Best of all I am alive to see it! OK it was via TV, but I still got to watch history.

[shenmue]

16. Congratulations

Does he receive ownership of the previous Pope's cat? ;