[killJOY]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'o')nly serves to PROVE Lorenzos point!

[jaakkeli]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Barbara', 'W')hy here?
Because I'm the one and only forum member living in Rome, of course!

Ask away!

[k_semler]

Was he buried in the pope hat? How about his papal garbs? Or do they recycle them for the next guy? I think it would be kind of morbid to wear a hat that a dead guy wore.

[Barbara]

This thread has becomed very boring.
I'm not even Catholic, but I'm surprised how you are always so politically correct with Jews or Muslims and throw all this trash to Catholics without a blink.
This really make me think.

[Jack]

It is amazing, isn't it? It appears that Catholics and Germans are fair game.

Do you suppose the next pope after Benedict XVI will actually choose the name Peter II? Or is that a misunderstanding on my part?

[Barbara]

I'm not drinking any prophecy, so I don't think the next Pope will adopt St.Peter name (unless a big catastrophe happens... like PO! <--------irony here)

About Rome, Rome citizens are a bit bored but they are used to big events. When Gorbatchev came, we were forced to go by walking for two days. They closed the center because of terror alarms.

GP II was buried with his clothes, as most human beings use to do. New Pope gets new clothes... or you think Pope clothes can last 2000 years? That would really be a miracle <----------(irony here)

About Hitler Youth, well, only Europeans can understand this. My father was in Mussolini Fascist Youth... all italian men over 70 were. It was mandatory. They were marching at school, exercising, training with some kid rifles and so on. In Berlin children were sent to guard, but not more. I don't think this can qualify someone as a dangerous nazis.

I don't like this Pope at all, but he was not a killer nazi for sure.

[Trab]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '
')Do you suppose the next pope after Benedict XVI will actually choose the name Peter II? Or is that a misunderstanding on my part?

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Barbara', 'I') don't like this Pope at all, but he was not a killer nazi for sure.

[DomusAlbion]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I') think it would go a long way toward helping people feel better about him, especially Jewish people, if he would make an official statement about his past. I know his past isn't his fault, but he needs to take responsibility for it.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DomusAlbion', 'H')e has in his writings.

[jaws]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'D')oes the Catholic Church owe anybody money? Why is the Pope bad mouthing Islam? He says that Islam was spread at the point of a sword?

[lateralus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jaws', '
')The Pope is just doing what his job requires him to do, promote Jesus.

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'H')e says that Islam was spread at the point of a sword?

[Free]

From left to right: Spitzel, Rocky Horror Werner von Braun, Zorroline.

[nwildmand]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'H')e says that Islam was spread at the point of a sword?

[Miki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'H')e says that Islam was spread at the point of a sword?

[Atlantean_Relic]

Part of me is looking forward to waltzing between weapon blasts.

[seahorse2]

I personally don't take offense at words etc. so, normally I would say big deal to the Pope's comments.

However, the timing of these comments coming from the Pope, who to the Muslims at least is the leader apparent of the Christian world, is like smoking a cigarette while pumping gas (petrol) at a gas station (petrol for all your Europeans).

Its the little things that all add up.