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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIf you are selected as pope, what will your chosen pope name be?
Mine: Pope "I don't wanna have to protest this shit ever again."
C_U_L8R
(49,431 posts)underpants
(196,808 posts)Itchinjim
(3,184 posts)Walleye
(45,072 posts)hlthe2b
(114,160 posts)After all, one cannot spell GOD without DOG.
Not to mention, there is no single animal more loyal, humble, kind...
milestogo
(23,135 posts)sop
(18,863 posts)Troll the fuck out of him.
regnaD kciN
(27,671 posts)because weve already had a couple of John Pauls.
milestogo
(23,135 posts)dchill
(42,660 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,526 posts)The Madcap
(1,941 posts)Oh, you said Pope, not Caesar... my fault.
RB77
(90 posts)Pope Seewoosauger Q. Rammgoolam. My other choice was Pope Hanibleval Causaquietus, - a little crude.
dweller
(28,499 posts)✌🏻
CTyankee
(68,290 posts)milestogo
(23,135 posts)CTyankee
(68,290 posts)hlthe2b
(114,160 posts)Francis made incremental changes for the better, but hardly addressed all that is needed. Still, not a regressive conservative Pope, so I think we should be grateful for that. At least there will not be likely BACKWARDS momentum and some chance of progressive change.
But, boy were there some awful possibilities among the supposed frontrunners. Whew...
milestogo
(23,135 posts)But now that I'm pope... I will ban all men from the priesthood for the next 2000 years.
hlthe2b
(114,160 posts)milestogo
(23,135 posts)We're too dangerous.
hlthe2b
(114,160 posts)two weeks ago on Twitter/X:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-pope-leo-xiv-bashed-jd-vance-on-twitter-just-weeks-ago/
That is at least amusing as we wait it out the next 2000 years.
AllaN01Bear
(29,635 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,807 posts)I would be very introspective

FSogol
(47,634 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,807 posts)Id be done with any sort of great pumpkin cult. Or anything pumpkin-colored, for that matter. For obvious reasons.
lpbk2713
(43,281 posts)Should go good with that beanie.
Harker
(17,901 posts)eppur_se_muova
(42,088 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(4,243 posts)ret5hd
(22,519 posts)Duncanpup
(15,651 posts)FSogol
(47,634 posts)PittBlue
(4,816 posts)Rver
(271 posts)Bob, Phil, Mickey, Billy, pigpen or Brent.
unblock
(56,221 posts)I mean if they decide to elect a Jewish pope, I might as well lean into it....
GreenWave
(12,693 posts)fargone
(635 posts)ultralite001
(2,578 posts)Sicola...
'Cuz things go better w/ Pope...
Solly Mack
(97,040 posts)TommieMommy
(2,964 posts)True Dough
(26,901 posts)Nin-com-pope.
LudwigPastorius
(14,824 posts)And my motto would be: "Be Pocket Fishermen of men"