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moobu2

(4,822 posts) Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:20 PM Mar 2013

The front runner in the Pope contest looks like he's very conservative.

Pope Ratzinger appointed him to the post he holds at the moment - Archbishop of Milan.

From Wikipedia,

Critiques on Homosexuality and Feminism

In a review of Cardinal Scola's 1996 book, The Nuptial Mystery, Luke Timothy Johnson writes in Commonweal magazine that Scola's "condemnation not only of abortion and of genetic engineering, and of birth control, but also of feminism, of homosexuality, and of cultural traits Scola associates with feminism and homosexuality, namely individualism, libertinism, relativism, narcissism, and even nihilism.[12][13]

According to the critic Johnson, "the cardinal’s logic, in fact, seems to be that feminism is responsible for homosexuality, because the more women act like men, the more men are likely to want to have sex with other men."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Scola

From Huffington post,

Scola is recognized as a conservative in the Church, rejecting the idea of women priests and denouncing consumerism. His association with the conservative Italian movement Communion and Liberation has raised eyebrows.

Scola was a theology student when he was invited to join the group, which blends political activism with faith-based fervor as it seeks to influence Italy's decision-making. Many prominent Italian politicians have been associated with the movement; in the 1970s Scola is said to have instructed former premier Silvio Berlusconi, then a real estate developer, in philosophy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/cardinal-angelo-scola-_n_2822266.html

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The front runner in the Pope contest looks like he's very conservative. (Original Post) moobu2 Mar 2013 OP

Cheech and Chong rdharma Mar 2013 #1

Mean looking shit! nt MADem Mar 2013 #2

Bet he's not real hot to trot when it comes to ridding the church of pervy priests tularetom Mar 2013 #3

Scola, Scalia, whatever. Great. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2013 #4

it would have surprised me if the front-runner were actually somebody conversant with the 21st niyad Mar 2013 #5

So tell the truth... rrneck Mar 2013 #6

How else is he gonna hide the altar boy? n/t backscatter712 Mar 2013 #9

Meet Peter the Roman reteachinwi Mar 2013 #11

There are a few candidates that could fit that description. R. Daneel Olivaw Mar 2013 #14

All the candidates are very conservative because the past two Popes selected them. kwassa Mar 2013 #7

And they are all neck deep in the church's scandals BlueStreak Mar 2013 #10

They would rather have a much smaller church than compromise. kwassa Mar 2013 #13

As a person who abhors all organized religions, I find this very encouraging BlueStreak Mar 2013 #8

Why would that surprise anyone? customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #12

rdharma

(6,057 posts)

1. Cheech and Chong

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:27 PM

Mar 2013

MADem

(135,425 posts)

2. Mean looking shit! nt

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:39 PM

Mar 2013

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

3. Bet he's not real hot to trot when it comes to ridding the church of pervy priests

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:40 PM

Mar 2013

Go ahead boys. Keep appointing clowns like this. In 50 years there will be no Catholic church as we now know it.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)

4. Scola, Scalia, whatever. Great.

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 09:44 PM

Mar 2013

Just what this world needs.

niyad

(113,315 posts)

5. it would have surprised me if the front-runner were actually somebody conversant with the 21st

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 10:01 PM

Mar 2013

century.

good going rcc--dismiss or ignore half your population, tell women THEY are too blame for all the ills of society, and turn a blind eye to the evil within your own organization. frankly, I hope it doesn't take 50 years for this organization to go the way of the dodo bird.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)

6. So tell the truth...

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 10:16 PM

Mar 2013

does this outfit make my religion look big?

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

9. How else is he gonna hide the altar boy? n/t

Reply to rrneck (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 11:05 PM

Mar 2013

reteachinwi

(579 posts)

11. Meet Peter the Roman

Reply to rrneck (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 11:07 PM

Mar 2013

according to Malachy.

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

14. There are a few candidates that could fit that description.

Reply to reteachinwi (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 10, 2013, 01:09 AM

Mar 2013

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is one.

Self fulfilling prophecies are what you make them...or read into them.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

7. All the candidates are very conservative because the past two Popes selected them.

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 10:26 PM

Mar 2013

The cardinals have all been appointed by two very conservative popes. Everyone in the power structure is conservative.

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

10. And they are all neck deep in the church's scandals

Reply to kwassa (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 11:06 PM

Mar 2013

They couldn't find a "turnaround cardinal" even if they wanted to.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

13. They would rather have a much smaller church than compromise.

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #10)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 11:37 PM

Mar 2013

Which is exactly what they will get in their drive for their own form of theological purity.

and the ingrown nature of the Vatican, the selection process, cult of secrecy invites corruption at every turn.

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

8. As a person who abhors all organized religions, I find this very encouraging

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 11:04 PM

Mar 2013

Hubris.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

12. Why would that surprise anyone?

Reply to moobu2 (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 11:15 PM

Mar 2013

58% of the cardinals who will be voting were appointed to that position by Ratzo, and the rest by JP2. Most of them were with Ratzo's blessing, to use a figure of speech.

My mother is very hopeful for a good new pope, among her best friends are a former priest and a former nun who married each other after leaving their religious communities. She's also one of the people who voted for equal marriage in WA, and she'll be eighty this year.

Oh, don't tell her I said that...she figures if Jack Benny can stop at 39, so can she!

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