Pope Sly the first!

[SlyPokerDog]

Looks like the just voted for a new pope. Hopefully they'll be calling me soon.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Haha. I was living in Barcelona during the last vote. The woman I was living with (a Catholic) was pissed that it took so long. Every channel had 24 hr Vatican coverage and all she wanted was her normal TV shows back. I'm guessing she is happy right about now.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I didn't know you were Catholic, Sly.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I didn't know you were Catholic, Sly.

Raised Catholic.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Raised Catholic.

"Raised" Catholic usually implies you are no longer Catholic, or are but not really practicing.

I suspect, as usual, it was beaten out of you. Par for the course, no?

 

[BlazerWookee]

Raised Catholic.

As opposed to what? Unleavened Catholic?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

You know what I like about all this pope coverage? It's one of the few jobs I'm too young for!

 

[Denny Crane]

Pope Rat Bastard the First?

 

[BlazerWookee]

Good for you, Sly! We know you already have the sparkly dresses...

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Good for you, Sly! We know you already have the sparkly dresses...

My first move will be to move the Vatican to the Playboy Mansion.

 

[Further]

As opposed to what? Unleavened Catholic?

Thats called Jewish

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

My first move will be to move the Vatican to the Play-with-boys Mansion.

FTFY.

 

[mobes23]

I like the idea of being able to just change your name like that, but I think I'd have picked a less androgynous name than Francis.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

New pope is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, and he'll go by Pope Francis.

So, I guess I will start referring to Sly only by "Jorge" and/or "Francis".

 

[Denny Crane]

New pope is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, and he'll go by Pope Francis.

So, I guess I will start referring to Sly only by "Jorge" and/or "Francis".

It's pronounced "whore hey"

 

[porkchopexpress]

I like the idea of being able to just change your name like that, but I think I'd have picked a less androgynous name than Francis.

could have been Pope Pat.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Willie Tanner is the new pope!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

So the new Pope is Manu Genobili?

 

[porkchopexpress]

Well, I guess it's not surprise. Argentina already home to both the Hand of God AND the Messiah. It's only natural that they get a pope too.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Jesuits takin' over! The pope kind of looks like my dad.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

El-P, you Catholic?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

El-P, you Catholic?

No but he knows the secret handshake to get into all the alter boy parties. :MARIS61:

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

No but he knows the secret handshake to get into all the alter boy parties. :MARIS61:

I didn't even know there was one. But you certainly did, Francis.

 

[Hobbesarable]

Looks like the just voted for a new pope. Hopefully they'll be calling me soon.

I thought they were going to vote in a younger pope.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

El-P, you Catholic?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

No but he knows the secret handshake to get into all the alter boy parties. :MARIS61:

actually my first day of college (LMU...jesuit college) we had a kegger put on by the Jesuit priests for Jesuit High School alumnis.... it was a pretty dope party.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I figured, cuz your Jesuit comment was the same I had as soon as I found out he was pope. We're in good hands.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

actually my first day of college (LMU...jesuit college) we had a kegger put on by the Jesuit priests for Jesuit High School alumnis.... it was a pretty dope party.

Dude, the priests at some of the Catholic colleges are some of the raddest dudes I ever meet.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

yeah, almost all have been mad cool. even the old cranky ones.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

moar on Jesuits:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbal...wittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Jesuits, unlike other priestly orders, are not simply members of the order. They are first and foremost teachers. They founded many of the free universities of Europe centuries ago mainly as a means of creating educated men for Jesuits. Chris Lowney, a former Jesuit turned investment banker notes four attributes of Jesuit leadership in his authoritative book, Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450 Company that Changed the World. Each is applicable to the here and now.

Self-awareness. A leader must know his capabilities. That means he also knows his limitations. A leader steeped in self-knowledge surrounds himself with people who complement his abilities and compensates for his strengths.

Ingenuity. Good leaders are curious; they also look beyond the ordinary to see what is possible, rather than what is impossible. They like challenges and embrace them.

Love. Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, himself Jesuit educated, used to opine about how his players needed to love one another. What he meant by that was you have to care about others. When you do, you want to do your best for them… as well as yourself.

Heroism. Think big. Make things happen. Great leaders are driven by a higher purpose. In the case of Jesuits, it is service to God as well as to man. But, as I was taught, you can only appreciate God if you work for and with men. That is, you need to make things happen. Jesuits are entrepreneurial; they refuse to accept the first no and instead strive to make a positive difference.

All of these Pope Francis will need to bring to bear on a Catholic Church that is resistant to change but one that must certainly adapt (and rather radically) if it is going to continue to attract well-intentioned men and women who adhere to its faith but also are willing to devote themselves to its perpetuation.

Pope Francis is also starting out on the right foot with the selection of his name – Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, a nobleman turned pilgrim priest. The name, as CNN Vatican observer John Allen noted, connotes “poverty, humility, simplicity and rebuilding the Catholic Church.” In other words, as Allen affirms, no more “business as usual.”

In this regard the Jesuits can excel. They were, and to a degree still are, a missionary order. But unlike some that sought to save souls for Christ, the Jesuits, as we know from Lowney and other historians, sought to make the world a better place for people now. Not only did they baptize into the faith, Jesuits educated people, took care of the sick, managed businesses, and performed a myriad of other tasks required to keep a faith-centered enterprise running.

Pope Francis has a big task ahead of him, but if he is anything like the Jesuits who taught me, he will do a great job of it.