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http://gawker.com/cool-pope-celebrates-birthday-by-buying-homeless-people-1672690732Cool Pope Celebrates Birthday by Buying Homeless People Sleeping Bags
Dayna Evans
Wednesday was the Cool Pope's 78th birthday. What do you think he did to celebrate? Get a few strippers? Eat a pile of molly? Cry to himself silently over a bottle of Grappa about a life lived unfulfilled? No. He bought homeless Romans 400 sleeping bags.
The Cool Pope announced via the Vatican on Thursday that an archbishop would pack up a van full of sleeping bags and distribute them through Rome to provide homeless residents with some much needed winter warmth. Via AFP:
"This is a gift for you from the pope on the occasion of his birthday," the Swiss guards who helped in the distribution were quoted as telling the recipients.
At the end of his birthday audience on Wednesday, Cool Pope met with eight homeless people instead of twenty supermodels.
belzabubba333
(1,237 posts)where are you 2
mylye2222
(2,992 posts)He also made install showers for the homelesses inside Vatican.
Bless this mans heart.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)pretty crafty dude http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/6yqi5n/the-pope-s-secret-life
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)since John XXIII. He has a long way to go on many issues, but he takes the social teachings very seriously indeed, which is a good first step.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Like any of us he is not perfect but he is good. We can't let a few disappointments be the enemy of the good. Any good is better than no good at all.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts).... while still abhorring the RC church's horrible stances on women, LGBT community... he at least is speaking out against global poverty
The Catholic church hopefully will change .... but it will change at glacial speed.
niyad
(113,344 posts)homes.
a sleeping bag with the papal insignia, and a couple of showers. . . .
his stance on women, on lgbtq, etc., still sucks.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)those are not valid points?
niyad
(113,344 posts)all the other things going on in that organization? not going to happen.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)freeing up Cuba etc. is a good start
Rex
(65,616 posts)nt
niyad
(113,344 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)WHEN CRABS ROAR
(3,813 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)This is the Pope right? Shit...did they have one actually read the job description first, before applying? I bet that pisses a lot of people off that he is doing his job description. Of course he will have to now touch they worst issue with the Church imo, rape of children by priests/cardinals. If he can conquer that and bring around reform, I will be truly in awe.
I don't think you could get more 180 from Ratzinger then Cool Pope.
He is a Cool Pope.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)big_dog
(4,144 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Beacool
(30,250 posts)Happy Birthday, your Sanctity!!!