The Pope is here

[Mish]

Just thought I'd share that with everyone

Lots of traffic in my suburb, lots of tourists came for the world youth day

[Only-virgins]

Ask him to do a miracle and get this country out of a land slide into depression.

[Junket]

The pope is gay.

[Lipp]

Good thing that he went there and not to Melbourne.

"After the two meetings, there was public spectacle as the last days of Christ, including his crucifixion, were re-enacted in the stations of the cross in various locations around Sydney. "

[miSSleepy]

No, won't be coming down to Sydney...
Can't afford to, now that holidays are over

[boobaa]

What is so special about that pope?

[bluesummer]

The Pope?

Meh, who cares. To me he's just an old dude in a funny cloak who thinks he's important.

[DoesntMatter]

Pope John Paul II played a pivotal role in bringing down the Soviet Union. Kind of a powerful guy

[boobaa]

You do realize how dumb that statement is? Soviet Union didn't collapse because of some pope. It collapsed under its own pressure, pope had nothing to do with it.

[shh!]

The pope is actually extremely important to a large portion of the world (religious Catholics). He holds a LOT of power... Personally, I preferred the last pope, though.

[boobaa]

Yes indeed, he does hold power, he leads sheep.

[shh!]

Whether you consider them sheep or not, there is no question he is more important and holds more power than any one of us individually, and yes, lots of people (and not necessarily Catholic) believe the pope played a pivotal role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28398-2005Apr5.html[/url]

[Lipp]

I'd still prefer to have someone credible deal with influencing political and social issues.

[DoesntMatter]

You do realize how dumb that statement is? Soviet Union didn't collapse because of some pope. It collapsed under its own pressure, pope had nothing to do with it.

I'm not even gonna argue you on this

[Only-virgins]

John Paul II, the last poop did a lot for the people and while I couldn't care less for the actual poop figure I would still respect him. The new one is still nothing but a religious puppet until he proves himself.