So they elect a pope from South America and somehow it's still another old white guy. What the shit?
I normally don't use Family Guy to express my feelings, but i think this is appropriate.
So it's an "old white guy." Big whoop. He was voted in, right? He was what the conclave chose. The new pope's not female or another race? I honestly don't give a crap. I hardly think it's worth losing sleep over.
Also, am I the only person annoyed by all this, "Let's bash on the new pope!" attitude the thread has suddenly taken? Look if he does something FSTDT worthy I'm sure he'll be mocked for it. However, I just think you guys are LOOKING for excuses to hate on him to build yourselves up. I can't say I'm surprised, but I think it's kinda annoying.
Seriously, this news has barely had time to sit or settle and it looks like everyone here's already jumping on the negativity bandwagon.
Congratulations on missing the point regarding it being another old white guy. Also, you should start caring who is elected Pope as what the Catholic Church does and says is STILL important and still affects the world. There are millions of people around the world who look to the Pope to tell them what to think. And when the new Pope is not some new, fresh blood but instead the same sort of person who has always been Pope, it makes it unlikely that the Church is going to make any advances towards finally entering the 21st Century and is going to continue to encourage people's biggoted and out-dated world views.
And as for your last 2 paragraphs:
"Bergoglio has affirmed church teaching on homosexuality specifically that homosexual actions are immoral.[54][55] He opposes same-sex marriage,[56] and unsuccessfully opposed legislation introduced in 2010 to allow same-sex marriage in Argentina, calling it a "real and dire anthropological throwback."[57] In a letter to the monasteries of Buenos Aires, he wrote: "Let's not be naïve, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies[58] that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God."[59] In this context, Bergoglio also opposed adoption by same-sex couples[clarification needed], arguing that it threatened the "identity [...] and the survival of the family: father, mother and children." He stated that "children [...] are discriminated against in advance depriving them of human growth that God would be given to a father and a mother.""
You don't think any of that is FSTDT worthy?? You can't see why any of that would make us not like him before he's even had a chance to do anything as Pope?
As I find myself asking a lot recently - are you serious or are you just trying to piss me off?