Ringing in the new pope...
Whew, how about this as a start for the brand-new pope?
No objective source here... but there's a law that says I have to quote anything with "Pope dude" in it!
"Last week the artist formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, laid out his plans for the future of the Catholic church. Benedict spoke of reunifying, reaching out, called for "an open and sincere dialogue" with other religions, and said he would "do everything in his power to improve the ecumenical cause," according to the Associated Press. And of course there was no better way to get this ball rolling than to kick the easiest target he could find - homosexuals. As his first order of business, Benedict condemned a gay marriage bill recently passed by the Spanish government, calling it "iniquitous." A quick glance in my thesaurus reveals that iniquitous is a synonym for "base, corrupt, criminal, delinquent, evil, mean, reprobate, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong" - and if that's not explicit enough for you, Benedict has also described homosexuality as an "intrinsic moral evil." Way to reach out, Pope dude. According to the BBC, Benedict insisted that "just because something was made law it did not make it right" and said that "every profession linked with implementing homosexual marriages should oppose it, even if it meant losing their jobs." So, will every Catholic who works in a profession that is linked to something official church doctrine disapproves of have to quit their job? Or are we just talking about the gays here?"
On a side note the website is rather amusing.
No objective source here... but there's a law that says I have to quote anything with "Pope dude" in it!
"Last week the artist formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, laid out his plans for the future of the Catholic church. Benedict spoke of reunifying, reaching out, called for "an open and sincere dialogue" with other religions, and said he would "do everything in his power to improve the ecumenical cause," according to the Associated Press. And of course there was no better way to get this ball rolling than to kick the easiest target he could find - homosexuals. As his first order of business, Benedict condemned a gay marriage bill recently passed by the Spanish government, calling it "iniquitous." A quick glance in my thesaurus reveals that iniquitous is a synonym for "base, corrupt, criminal, delinquent, evil, mean, reprobate, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong" - and if that's not explicit enough for you, Benedict has also described homosexuality as an "intrinsic moral evil." Way to reach out, Pope dude. According to the BBC, Benedict insisted that "just because something was made law it did not make it right" and said that "every profession linked with implementing homosexual marriages should oppose it, even if it meant losing their jobs." So, will every Catholic who works in a profession that is linked to something official church doctrine disapproves of have to quit their job? Or are we just talking about the gays here?"
On a side note the website is rather amusing.