LOL! And Benedict goes down at the 20! No first down.

What a great oxymoronic visual seeing the Papal take-down on both the actionpack and religion channels...only in Arvana!

My family is in a tizz.

Maybe she reminded him of where he came from.

(not likely)

For some reason it reminds me of this:

The offensive line for the Vatican City Holy Sees is absolutely horrendous this year. First of all, the new quarterback has been in for a few years, yet he can't maneuver well outside of the pocket. He just stands there and waits to be sacked. Secondly, the guards can't take down a linebacker who's probably 5'5" and barely 100 pounds? That's just poor defensive skills. I don't know who to start blaming for this, but heads are gonna roll if this team can't get itself together before the playoffs.

Same gal as last year: http://www.videosift.com/video/Person-charges-the-pope
Apparently she hasn't changed her clothes for a whole year. Or she just really likes red

I wish he died.

He will budzos, he will..

^ unfortunately, once he kicks the bucket, there will be plenty more ready to take his place.

Think about this one..

If the pope is the 'voice of god', or the living embodiment.. whatever the heck you want to think of him as. Would you not expect that such a 'magical' being should be immune from take downs by crazy bitches? Yeah. Apparently even God doesn't have the power to control crazy bitches. Now I know I have abso-fuckin-lutely no hope to gain any sort of control over the wife.

Or this may just prove that the whole God story is complete bullshit. Still.. it proves there are crazy bitches out there.

^The bulletproof Pope-mobile is proof enough to me that even the Pope doubts the power of God.

I can't believe you all think this is cool. I don't care what you believe this is a pretty low act.

Woman knocks down pope at Mass; Christmas celebrations begin

I'm liking the sound of this headline, are we in store for a new tradition?

nah he's not the living embodiment of anything like Tibetan Buddhism's Dalai Lama supposedly is, he's just the current elected leader of Catholicism, most of the "holy" mumbo jumbo associated with the job has faded away over the last several decades.

He's 82 years old and he wasn't injured. Quit yer belly-achin'.
>> ^FishBulb:
I can't believe you all think this is cool. I don't care what you believe this is a pretty low act.

>> ^HollywoodBob:
^The bulletproof Pope-mobile is proof enough to me that even the Pope doubts the power of God.


Actually, God said he was being retarded before the Popemobile. He DID create Protestants too ya know.

I'm not going to re-write a very succinct explanation of Catholic doctrine which you would do well to read before spouting off some juvenile rants against the Pontiff - here's the first three sections from an article on the topic:

http://www.catholic.com/library/Papal_Infallibility.asp

Papal Infallibility


The Catholic Church’s teaching on papal infallibility is one which is generally misunderstood by those outside the Church. In particular, Fundamentalists and other "Bible Christians" often confuse the charism of papal "infallibility" with "impeccability." They imagine Catholics believe the pope cannot sin. Others, who avoid this elementary blunder, think the pope relies on some sort of amulet or magical incantation when an infallible definition is due.

Given these common misapprehensions regarding the basic tenets of papal infallibility, it is necessary to explain exactly what infallibility is not. Infallibility is not the absence of sin. Nor is it a charism that belongs only to the pope. Indeed, infallibility also belongs to the body of bishops as a whole, when, in doctrinal unity with the pope, they solemnly teach a doctrine as true. We have this from Jesus himself, who promised the apostles and their successors the bishops, the magisterium of the Church: "He who hears you hears me" (Luke 10:16), and "Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven" (Matt. 18:18).



Vatican II’s Explanation


Vatican II explained the doctrine of infallibility as follows: "Although the individual bishops do not enjoy the prerogative of infallibility, they can nevertheless proclaim Christ’s doctrine infallibly. This is so, even when they are dispersed around the world, provided that while maintaining the bond of unity among themselves and with Peter’s successor, and while teaching authentically on a matter of faith or morals, they concur in a single viewpoint as the one which must be held conclusively. This authority is even more clearly verified when, gathered together in an ecumenical council, they are teachers and judges of faith and morals for the universal Church. Their definitions must then be adhered to with the submission of faith" (Lumen Gentium 25).

Infallibility belongs in a special way to the pope as head of the bishops (Matt. 16:17–19; John 21:15–17). As Vatican II remarked, it is a charism the pope "enjoys in virtue of his office, when, as the supreme shepherd and teacher of all the faithful, who confirms his brethren in their faith (Luke 22:32), he proclaims by a definitive act some doctrine of faith or morals. Therefore his definitions, of themselves, and not from the consent of the Church, are justly held irreformable, for they are pronounced with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, an assistance promised to him in blessed Peter."

The infallibility of the pope is not a doctrine that suddenly appeared in Church teaching; rather, it is a doctrine which was implicit in the early Church. It is only our understanding of infallibility which has developed and been more clearly understood over time. In fact, the doctrine of infallibility is implicit in these Petrine texts: John 21:15–17 ("Feed my sheep . . . "), Luke 22:32 ("I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail"), and Matthew 16:18 ("You are Peter . . . ").



Based on Christ’s Mandate


Christ instructed the Church to preach everything he taught (Matt. 28:19–20) and promised the protection of the Holy Spirit to "guide you into all the truth" (John 16:13). That mandate and that promise guarantee the Church will never fall away from his teachings (Matt. 16:18, 1 Tim. 3:15), even if individual Catholics might.

As Christians began to more clearly understand the teaching authority of the Church and of the primacy of the pope, they developed a clearer understanding of the pope’s infallibility. This development of the faithful’s understanding has its clear beginnings in the early Church. For example, Cyprian of Carthage, writing about 256, put the question this way, "Would the heretics dare to come to the very seat of Peter whence apostolic faith is derived and whither no errors can come?" (Letters 59 [55], 14). In the fifth century, Augustine succinctly captured the ancient attitude when he remarked, "Rome has spoken; the case is concluded" (Sermons 131, 10).



Some Clarifications


An infallible pronouncement—whether made by the pope alone or by an ecumenical council—usually is made only when some doctrine has been called into question. Most doctrines have never been doubted by the large majority of Catholics.

Pick up a catechism and look at the great number of doctrines, most of which have never been formally defined. But many points have been defined, and not just by the pope alone. There are, in fact, many major topics on which it would be impossible for a pope to make an infallible definition without duplicating one or more infallible pronouncements from ecumenical councils or the ordinary magisterium (teaching authority) of the Church.

At least the outline, if not the references, of the preceding paragraphs should be familiar to literate Catholics, to whom this subject should appear straightforward. It is a different story with "Bible Christians." For them papal infallibility often seems a muddle because their idea of what it encompasses is often incorrect.

Some ask how popes can be infallible if some of them lived scandalously. This objection of course, illustrates the common confusion between infallibility and impeccability. There is no guarantee that popes won’t sin or give bad example. (The truly remarkable thing is the great degree of sanctity found in the papacy throughout history; the "bad popes" stand out precisely because they are so rare.)

Other people wonder how infallibility could exist if some popes disagreed with others. This, too, shows an inaccurate understanding of infallibility, which applies only to solemn, official teachings on faith and morals, not to disciplinary decisions or even to unofficial comments on faith and morals. A pope’s private theological opinions are not infallible, only what he solemnly defines is considered to be infallible teaching.

Even Fundamentalists and Evangelicals who do not have these common misunderstandings often think infallibility means that popes are given some special grace that allows them to teach positively whatever truths need to be known, but that is not quite correct, either. Infallibility is not a substitute for theological study on the part of the pope.

What infallibility does do is prevent a pope from solemnly and formally teaching as "truth" something that is, in fact, error. It does not help him know what is true, nor does it "inspire" him to teach what is true. He has to learn the truth the way we all do—through study—though, to be sure, he has certain advantages because of his position.
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>> ^WaterDweller:
Same gal as last year: http://www.videosift.com/video/Person-charges-the-pope
Apparently she hasn't changed her clothes for a whole year. Or she just really likes red


In response to this comment below - yeah, it's like becoming an annual tradition or something.

Kind of hard to tell from the angle seen, but it looks like the Vatican Guards took her down before she got to B16, but they took him to the ground as well as a protective (over-reactive?) measure, at least that's how it seems to look. It would make sense to do that, anyway, cover him in case she's not attacking by herself, has explosives, etc.

That wall of text is a good reason not to be Catholic.

>> ^Krupo:
I'm not going to re-write a very succinct explanation of Catholic doctrine which you would do well to read before spouting off some juvenile rants against the Pontiff - here's the first three sections from an article on the topic: [wall of text redacted]

Silly Catholics, Popes are for kids!

Regarding the infallibility of the Pope? Simply trace it sack to the Latin- In=not "fallere=deceive
Is it not obvious to any thinking person that the Catholics, Pope included are completely fucked with regard to infallibility?

They do make horny young girls once they rebel....will give em' that much.

>> ^Krupo:
Kind of hard to tell from the angle seen, but it looks like the Vatican Guards took her down before she got to B16, but they took him to the ground as well as a protective (over-reactive?) measure, at least that's how it seems to look. It would make sense to do that, anyway, cover him in case she's not attacking by herself, has explosives, etc.
It looked to me like they got ahold of her and began taking her down just as she got ahold of him, so he was actually "collateral damage."

What good is that bigass staff if you can't smite people with it? C'mon, Bennie, swing that thing!!

>> ^ridesallyridenc:
What good is that bigass staff if you can't smite people with it? C'mon, Bennie, swing that thing!!


I'll be encouraged if you're able to beat people with a staff when you're in your 80s.

Someone historically did take that "live by the sword, die by the sword, live by the Cross..." injunction literally though and went into battle, I recall reading, with a huge Cross. Given that I don't remember how it ended, I'm assuming poorly.

>> ^thinker247:
That wall of text is a good reason not to be Catholic.
>> ^Krupo:
I'm not going to re-write a very succinct explanation of Catholic doctrine which you would do well to read before spouting off some juvenile rants against the Pontiff - here's the first three sections from an article on the topic: [wall of text redacted]



I'll take wall of intelligent text over inane rambling any day.

Pope got sacked. Has anyone been watching late night TV? Surely Leno and his ilk must have made a dozen jokes about the pope needing a better offensive line?

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