NP...but we remember him on charisma and Work

[alice wellintown]

The problem with this kind of intelligent graffiti is that it has no
knowledge of the hard wall it sprays its paint on. Francis has done more
with his life to help poor people than any ivory tower wannabe, but now
that he is pope, he is he old man who lies and plays the double. Bull shit.
He will be a great pope. Now, of course, you that hate popes, well, that't
our hate not his.
On Friday, March 15, 2013, wrote:

> On the one hand there is this enormous, undeniable, unquenchable worldwide
> thirst for something more than the seen- to make meaningful the unavoidable
> slings and arrows to which we are all heir, even when we find ourselves in
> the lap of luxury, completely sated and yet still, somehow hungry, as if at
> a roman orgy. While on the other, I'm so sick and tired of these silly old
> men who leverage their sanctimonious bigotry against some quasi-concern for
> "The Poor," many of whom have been impoverished- materially and culturally-
> by the very empires of commerce and slavery upon which the church has been
> built. What to do...
>
> Something simple, for sure
> some way to enlighten
> the quotidian day.
>
> How to find these things-
> Do we need Popes or Kings,
> or pigs with wings?
>
> The reverend's book of days
> might have something to say
> in this regard.
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi');>>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 8:44 am
> Subject: Re: NP...but we remember him on charisma and Work
>
>
>
> Contraception and pro-choice, e.g., are pressing concerns among the poor
> and poor countries, IMO.
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, alice wellintown wrote:
>
> > While the Press will focus on sex abuse, corruption, female priests,
> > marriage of priests, of gays, pro-choice, contraception, etc., these
> > issues, that must be pressed by the press, this new pope has signaled that
> > he will put his focus on the poor, the environment, the broken and damaged
> > church. As a Society of Jesus man, he has taken the vow to poverty; though
> > he has distanced himself from Marxist Theology, he may be a great Francis.
> > Who knows?  A great move by the FCC here. While the rich worry about who
> > gets to marry, the poor, the focus of this new pope, have more pressing
> > concerns.
> > On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, rich wrote:
> >
> > > and he's a fucking Jesuit
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:56 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'fqmorris at gmail.com');>
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/new-pope-saint-francis-031313
> > >>
> > >> "Most important, he's 76-years old which means, quite honestly, that the
> > >> man's a caretaker, or that there is a real faction within the
> > >> cardinal-electors arrayed against the idea of very long papacies on the
> > >> order of that of John Paul II.
> > >> [...]
> > >> The longer a pope reigns, the more indelible a mark he puts on the
> > >> Church, and it is possible ? probably likely ? that the Curial members of
> > >> the Clan Of The Red Beanie once again hedged their bets. The likelihood of
> > >> this crew electing a real reformer was slim enough anyway ? Thanks to the
> > >> last two popes, there weren't many real reformers in the room ? but it is
> > >> possible that the papacy could change a man from a safe bet to a guy who
> > >> would inconvenience the power of the institutional church, so better to
> > >> vote for a guy with the actuarial tables lined up against him."
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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