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“The papacy is a huge burden. People need to be reminded of that.”
and without waiting for a response, he set off across the piazza.
Hahaha sige ikaw nalang pu
“What he had lost faith in was the Church.”
Oohhhh, juicy
“I fixed the ballot,”
Lomeli, i expected so much from youuuu
it was surely these bureaucrats he had meant.
Yooooooo
Leave it to God, my friend. If it’s His will, it will happen; if not, not.”
“Dear God, what is it now?”
mood
He’s a Filipino. The Holy Father appointed him last year.”
that change almost invariably produces the opposite effect to the improvement it is intended to bring about, and that we should bear that in mind when we come to make our choice of Pope.
“All I can say is that if those are your views, Goffredo, you will find my homily a grave disappointment.”
Preachhhh
“Perhaps it would have been more palatable to you in Latin, Patriarch?” The doors closed, cutting off Tedesco’s reply.
He's so sassy haha
“Any man who is truly worthy must consider himself unworthy.
“On the first ballot, one can take the purist view—good; fine. But by the time we reach the fourth or fifth ballot, our personal favourite is likely to have long since gone, and we are obliged to choose from a narrowed field. That process of concentration is the whole function of the Conclave. Otherwise nobody would change their mind and we would be here for weeks.”
“Perhaps I could be of assistance?”
This is such a typical Filipino thing to do
“Ah, well here we differ. I feel I am more likely to encounter the embodiment of the Holy Spirit elsewhere—for example in those two million women who have been raped as an act of military policy in the civil wars of central Africa.”
Was it really possible that he had spent the past thirty years worshipping the Church rather than God?
The only guide to a person’s actions can ever be their conscience, for it is in our conscience that we most clearly hear the voice of God.”
You might also point out that God is not to be rushed simply to suit the convenience of CNN.”
Hahaha
He must have been the only cardinal who had come into the Conclave without having a name in mind.
