The Conclave (Page 3)

A winner! (almost). Your man was wrong, but your thought process was correct. While Pope Francis is from Argentina, his parents are Italian.

So this new Pope is 76 years old. Just 9-10 years younger than Benedict who was too exhausted to keep doing the job. It seems they should have gone for someone in their 50's with some vim and vigor left in him. Not someone way past retirement age.

Just wondering why they continually elect REALLY old guys to this position. In 10 years he'll be old and exhausted too, (or God forbid suffering from some other health ailment) and we'll have to go through this whole white smoke/black smoke process all over again.

Grew up in a very Catholic family. My mother is like the head something or other for the church in Florida so it is a big deal to my folks.

Even though my son goes to Catholic school, my spiritual guidance has been through Buddhism.

I don't think I have willingly gone to mass in my life. That was until last Saturday. For what every reason I rounded up the family and brought them to church. I think they thought I lost my mind. But, I think the hope of a new beginning inspired me to go.

I really believed, naively, that perhaps the Catholic church would take this opportunity move away from the being the church of my grandparent.

Walking into that mass last Saturday I looked around at the parishioners. Our family was the youngest family there and I'm 42. That is a very telling sign. The Catholic Church is dying and I have little faith that this Pope that looks like the same Pope for the last 1000 years will change that, at least in America.

I really wanted a young Pope. A Pope I could understand that doesn't mumble and I don't need a subtext when he his speaking English. I want a Pope with some great marketing skills that never did a mass in Latin.

Maybe I am just pre-judging as I don't know a thing about him. But perception is everything.

P.S. - when did all the words change to the apostle's creed?

My take.

Grew up in a very Catholic family. My mother is like the head something or other for the church in Florida so it is a big deal to my folks.

Even though my son goes to Catholic school, my spiritual guidance has been through Buddhism.

I don't think I have willingly gone to mass in my life. That was until last Saturday. For what every reason I rounded up the family and brought them to church. I think they thought I lost my mind. But, I think the hope of a new beginning inspired me to go.

I really believed, naively, that perhaps the Catholic church would take this opportunity move away from the being the church of my grandparent.

Walking into that mass last Saturday I looked around at the parishioners. Our family was the youngest family there and I'm 42. That is a very telling sign. The Catholic Church is dying and I have little faith that this Pope that looks like the same Pope for the last 1000 years will change that, at least in America.

I really wanted a young Pope. A Pope I could understand that doesn't mumble and I don't need a subtext when he his speaking English. I want a Pope with some great marketing skills that never did a mass in Latin.

Maybe I am just pre-judging as I don't know a thing about him. But perception is everything.

P.S. - when did all the words change to the apostle's creed?

So this new Pope is 76 years old. Just 9-10 years younger than Benedict who was too exhausted to keep doing the job. It seems they should have gone for someone in their 50's with some vim and vigor left in him. Not someone way past retirement age.

Just wondering why they continually elect REALLY old guys to this position. In 10 years he'll be old and exhausted too, (or God forbid suffering from some other health ailment) and we'll have to go through this whole white smoke/black smoke process all over again.