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God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:57 pm
by _nc47
Under its new leadership, may it continue to be a force for global good. Soli deo gloria!
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:08 pm
by _nc47
New Pope Frances from Argentina. Jana Riess says that this indicates the Catholic church will pay more attention to poverty alleviation.
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:30 pm
by _subgenius
how is this a thread for the Celestial? should be moved to "off-topic"
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:46 pm
by _nc47
Jana Riess is Mormon.
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:55 pm
by _Always Changing
Nelson Chung wrote:New Pope Frances from Argentina. Jana Riess says that this indicates the Catholic church will pay more attention to poverty alleviation.
Not necessarily because he is from Argentina. However, that is his record.
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:24 am
by _moksha
Hey, what do you think of the symbolism underlying the name Francis, taken from the St. Francis of Assisi?
The name Francis seems like the antithesis of the name Ezra Taft.
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:32 am
by _Always Changing
moksha wrote:Hey, what do you think of the symbolism underlying the name Francis, taken from St. Francis of Assisi?
From a division deep within Catholicism, a Jesuit taking the name of the founder of the Franciscans has a lot of meaning.
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:03 pm
by _Albion
Obviously not being RC the election of the new Pope is of only passing interest to me. I did note the selection of the name Francis after the individual who gave up great wealth to live a life of poverty ministering to the poor. It reminded me of a visit to Assisi in Italy and a huge contradiction I found there. The tiny, essentially one room church Francis ministered from is still there...covered by an enormous, opulent cathedral type building that seemed to me to proclaim everything Francis was not about.
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:41 pm
by _madeleine
moksha wrote:Hey, what do you think of the symbolism underlying the name Francis, taken from the St. Francis of Assisi?
I think St. Francis of Assisi is the first name that comes to mind. However! Let's not forget the Jesuit St. Francis X-avier (the auto censor doesn't like the name Xavier without a hyphen?) or St. Francis de Sales. It could be he was thinking of one of them, or a combination of more than one.
Re: God Bless the Catholic Church
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:04 pm
by _Quasimodo
madeleine wrote:moksha wrote:Hey, what do you think of the symbolism underlying the name Francis, taken from the St. Francis of Assisi?
I think St. Francis of Assisi is the first name that comes to mind. However! Let's not forget the Jesuit St. Francis X-avier (the auto censor doesn't like the name Xavier without a hyphen?) or St. Francis de Sales. It could be he was thinking of one of them, or a combination of more than one.
Maybe he just likes the name. I'm assuming (usually gets me in trouble) that he is free to choose any name he wants. It could have been Pope Polycarp.