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Offline dpareja

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Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« on: July 18, 2013, 09:54:04 am »
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/07/follow-the-pope-on-twitter-reduce-your-time-in-purgatory-says-vatican-official.html

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Vatican officials are putting a new twist on a very old custom next week by offering up "indulgences" - essentially credits for less time in purgatory -- to those who follow the pope on Twitter.

Indulgences are typically granted by church officials to Catholics who carry out tasks demonstrating an extraordinary amount of faith, like climbing the Sacred Steps in Rome.

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Senior Vatican officals say that attending certain events, like the upcoming Catholic World Youth Day in Brazil, can also earn indulgences - and for the first time ever, so can following the week's events live via Twitter.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2013, 10:34:14 am »
Indulgences are still a thing? I thought they died out sometime during the Renaissance.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2013, 10:36:49 am »
The pope has got a Twitter? Sweet, I'm following that shit. I ain't even Catholic.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2013, 10:39:34 am »
On one hand, as a non-catholic I find the whole idea of indulgences to be a bit silly. On the other hand this is so very catholic and in a way they are just returning to their roots.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2013, 11:19:00 am »
How the fuck does it take an exemplary amount of faith to climb some stairs? I mean, okay, more effort than clicking "follow" on Twitter, but still.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2013, 11:41:06 am »
Next thing you know, he'll by rhyming over some phat beatz to get the youngsters interested in the faith again.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2013, 11:43:49 am »
Quote from: Her3tiK on July 18, 2013, 11:41:06 am
Next thing you know, he'll by rhyming over some phat beatz to get the youngsters interested in the faith again.

Personally the best thing I think he's done so far is celebrating the Holy Thursday mass in a youth penitentiary and having the twelve people whose feet he washed be prisoners (including women and Muslims). That gave some traditional Catholics conniptions.

Also, the Pope has had a Twitter account since Benedict XVI.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2013, 11:53:33 am »
I can't decide if this is a clever way of adapting an obsolete religion to modern times, or yet another reason Catholicism can't be taken seriously.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2013, 12:20:33 pm »
Quote from: dpareja on July 18, 2013, 11:43:49 am
Also, the Pope has had a Twitter account since Benedict XVI.

I'm pretty terrible at keeping up to date.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2013, 12:29:44 pm »
Quote from: Mira on July 18, 2013, 12:20:33 pm
Quote from: dpareja on July 18, 2013, 11:43:49 am
Also, the Pope has had a Twitter account since Benedict XVI.

I'm pretty terrible at keeping up to date.
To be fair, it's not like anyone really cared then, either.
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2013, 12:48:54 pm »
Quote from: Her3tiK on July 18, 2013, 12:29:44 pm
Quote from: Mira on July 18, 2013, 12:20:33 pm
Quote from: dpareja on July 18, 2013, 11:43:49 am
Also, the Pope has had a Twitter account since Benedict XVI.

I'm pretty terrible at keeping up to date.
To be fair, it's not like anyone really cared then, either.

I was a total Benedict fangirl. He so kawaii~ ♥♥
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2013, 01:30:13 pm »
And history repeats itself?
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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2013, 01:37:36 pm »
Quote from: Art Vandelay on July 18, 2013, 10:34:14 am
Indulgences are still a thing? I thought they died out sometime during the Renaissance.

The selling of indulgences did, apparently some guys protested the notion of selling divine favours. Now they are supposed to be only in response to good works and deep religious experiences, or something like that.

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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2013, 03:51:58 pm »
Well, I am most certainly amused by this.

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Re: Follow the Pope on Twitter, go to Heaven faster
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2013, 04:21:17 pm »
I hope the church will be indulgent to those who choose not to do this.
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