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A female Pope?

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PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 5 Apr 2005 06:58

Hi Gwynne, yes I read that too but didn't know quite how to word it! I think 'All is well from underneath' puts it just fine! LOL Christine

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 5 Apr 2005 06:54

Hi Christine, And ever new Pope supposedly has to sit on a high chair with an 'open' seat so that the cardinals can check that all is well from underneath. Gwynne

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 5 Apr 2005 06:52

Funny Gwynne, I was reading about that yesterday. Apparently the Catholic church did at one time accept the story about Pope Joan 853AD, but now discount it as a myth. The story goes that she masqueraded as a man and ruled as Pope John V111 for two years. One day when out riding 'she' stopped by the roadside and gave birth to a child! When it was found that she was in fact a woman, she was tied up, dragged behind a horse and stoned to death! Christine

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 5 Apr 2005 06:26

Hi, According to legend there has already been one - google 'Pope Joan' Gwynne

JosieByCoast

JosieByCoast Report 5 Apr 2005 00:02

The way the church is going anything is possible. But that would being going to far. Sorry I believe that the church should stand up for what God's Word says, times may change but God's Word never does, if it did we wouldn't know where we stand. I'd better leave this one alone.

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Apr 2005 23:53

Must do Tina :-)

Tina

Tina Report 4 Apr 2005 23:51

for me a female pope just wouldnt have the same impact, i am all for equality of the sexes but when ever i have been at a service conducted by a female it just didnt feel right to me, i dont know what that says about me maybe i have secret desires for domination lol

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Apr 2005 23:48

Why not? Is a woman not capable of the job?

Unknown

Unknown Report 4 Apr 2005 23:23

maybe in a couple of hundred years. bryan.

cazzabella

cazzabella Report 4 Apr 2005 23:18

Who knows? 95 years is a long time, but it would take some drastic changes in the Catholic church to bring that one about. Carole

Unknown

Unknown Report 4 Apr 2005 23:17

Highly unlikely I would think

Joy

Joy Report 4 Apr 2005 23:15

No. Joy

DAVE B

DAVE B Report 4 Apr 2005 23:14

Never Daniel! Dave

Daniel

Daniel Report 4 Apr 2005 23:13

Will there ever be one? We have women vicars. Do you think we'll see one this century?