Promoted from facebook: I think the new pope should look to the early church when choosing his papal name. Just look at some of these underused gems: Linus, Cletus, Telesphorus, Soter, Fabian, Zephyrinus, Hormisdas, Formosus, Cornelius, Eutychian, Miltiades, Zosimus, Hilarius, Agapetus, Adeodatus, Agatho, Conon, Sisinnius, and of course, Lando ( Read more... )

So it looks like we're going to have a new Pope soon. In many ways, I think Benny the Hex got a bad rap. He's not the asshole many people made him out to be, and I think moreso than John Paul II, he tried to live the humility that Christ expects of His followers (his Prada wardrobe notwithstanding ( Read more... )

Those of you without strong stomachs might not want to follow this link. People do things like this to have something to talk about on the Web. The results are often amusing, as this is, but worrisome, too. And this from someone who is campaigning for everything but Holy Roman Emperor just to have something to talk about on the Web ( Read more... )

I have only one thing to add. The Pope is an Aries, too.
( Star Wars Horoscope )

In my continuing efforts to transform The Breakfast Nook into All Pope All the Time (which sounds better than Mostly Pope Whenever I Bother to Update, Which Isn't Often), I have the following observation ( Read more... )

It's been a busy few days in the world, what with the new Pope and all (the name Benedict XVI is pretty cool, but it's no Sixtus VI; personally from a symbolic point of view, I think I would have preferred Leo XIV, but that's neither here nor there), but I didn't write about any of it. That's because I've had the Martian Death Flu for the past ( Read more... )

I've been wrestling for three days with how to write about the Pope's ( Read more... )

As you lay down your burdens and your suffering, I thank you for your years of service to your flock. God grant you the grace of a happy death and a warm welcome home to Him.