New pope chosen

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Apparently a new pope has been chosen, as evident by white smoke from the chimney....
White smoke poured from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica pealed, signaling that cardinals had chosen a new pope to lead the troubled Roman Catholic Church after only five ballots.
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:arrow: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130313

That's all I really know about it. I can't find any site with a name. Once one emerges, I'll update this post.

Please note: As religion is a very sensitive matter to a lot of people (not me, personally, but a lot are), let's not post anything too offensive. Hyro-Sama's post right below this one is borderline....

EDIT: His name is Jorge Bergoglio.
 
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AlanJohn said:
It's kind-of like the US elections where nobody really gives a fuck but everyone's intrigued.
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I'm neither.
I just like being the first one to post new big news stories on this website.B-) It could be game, any religion, or whatever related.

This is big news, very big, to a ton of people. Just like if a new book of the Torah is found, it'd be huge news to a ton of people. If I was the first person to find that news, I'd post about it too.
 
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Hyro-Sama said:
Yeah because this is totally a Catholic forum.

Oh wait...
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You're having a stupid day today, aren't you? Missed the point entirely there....
 
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My only question is the legitimacy of deciding the head of an entire God based religion via a popularity contest. it seems quite sinful an act to do so but who am I to judge...
 
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While most of the world aren't Catholics, quite a few places in the world are affected by Vatican City and it's papacy. For example stopping HIV/AIDS spreading in Africa could be done quite fast with the help of a Pope who sees condoms as a legit idea (previous popes have been on the negative side of using condoms even if the result would be a good thing).

TL;DR: The pope has a big influence for many. In other words, most people are affected by the decisions of one man.
 
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J-Machine said:
My only question is the legitimacy of deciding the head of an entire God based religion via a popularity contest. it seems quite sinful an act to do so but who am I to judge...
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You are a worried citizen expressing a valid concern about an enormous religion, but inevitably would be disregarded/ignored (or possibly worse) if you were to bring your concerns to higher power in the religion.

.....I'll stop there.
 

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