Boing Boing » pope http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 02:42:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Pope cool with atheists http://boingboing.net/2013/05/23/pope-cool-with-atheists.html http://boingboing.net/2013/05/23/pope-cool-with-atheists.html#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 15:08:23 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=231975 Steve Anderson at The Independent:
Pope Francis has said that atheists should be seen as good people as long as they do good, in a move to urge people of all religions - or no religion at all - to get along.
]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/05/23/pope-cool-with-atheists.html/feed 37 Dead Chavez helped Christ pick pope http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/dead-chavez-helped-christ-pick.html http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/dead-chavez-helped-christ-pick.html#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:49:48 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=218708 Something influenced the choice of a South American pope, someone new arrived at Christ's side and said to him: 'Well, it seems to us South America's time has come.'" [Reuters]]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/dead-chavez-helped-christ-pick.html/feed 24 Pope resigns, God strikes St. Peter's Basilica with lightning http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/pope-resigns-god-strikes-st.html http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/pope-resigns-god-strikes-st.html#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:21:04 +0000 David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/?p=212598 Just hours after Pope Benedict XVI quit, a lightning bolt struck St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Yeah, yeah, lightning probably strikes the church on days when the pope hasn't resigned too. But it's more fun to ignore that as you appreciate this. (The Guardian)]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/pope-resigns-god-strikes-st.html/feed 31 Pope to resign http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/pope-to-resign.html http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/pope-to-resign.html#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:16:09 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=212184 Benedict XVI is unexpectedly resigning as pope. I guess you could call it an ex cathedra announcement. /caruso]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/pope-to-resign.html/feed 243 Video: As The Pope Tweets http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/video-as-the-pope-tweets.html http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/video-as-the-pope-tweets.html#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:32:31 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=200449 His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI sends his very first tweet, on an iPad.]]>
The His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI sends his very first tweet, on an iPad.

He accidentally deleted his first actual tweet, but I screengrabbed it.

 
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