ot: 1 min of silence

[Frederick_d_Ohlmann]

El_Phil said:
Uhhh what is 'The Job'? Alot of world travel, speeches, the odd blessing to crowds and...

It doesn't seem the world's toughest job, especially as he'd had decades to establish his position on any important issue, so it wasn't as if he had to make difficult theological decisions about complex issues, he'd already made them.

However you've got to admire the man for keeping going with all that he's been through and to keep on going right to the end. Glad he's got some peace now.

The pape can said "Do not use condom" or "abortion is acceptable/is not acceptable" and be followed by a decent amount of personn. It prove that he has to take important decision so I prefer him to be fully fonctionnal.

[El_Phil]

Ahh but my point was that he'd already made all those decisions or statements years, or decades, earlier. Everyone knew what his position was on those issues.

When he spoke out on the Terri Schiavo issue was anybody anywhere surprised at which side he took?

And you can bet the next pope will probably agree, after all he appointed most of the people who will elect his sucessor.