Regardless of religion, that's class

Magnolia · Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:47 pm

http://now.msn.com/pope-francis-joined- ... he-vatican

I have always enjoyed the story of Queen Victoria & the finger bowl, and this is a recent, documented example that sometimes, just sometimes, people of power have real class.

Instrument of the end fire083 · Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:17 pm

Not many people would have done that.

Bunni · Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:21 pm

On the more cynical side of the coin...

Could it also be seen as a move that had the intentions to boost his reputation and strengthen his position of religious authority?

What would the crowd's reaction have been, had he rejected the boy? As opposed to what he did?

Certainly.. it could very well have been a genuine reaction by the pope... just posing another side to it for consideration.

Morgana · Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:50 pm

Well, we have seen this particular Pope to be very different from the ones before him. He doesn't sleep in "posh" quarters, he refuses anything in excess in terms of limousines and such, his political and social views are a bit more evolved, more so than any other Pope in the recent decades....I don't think it was a marketing strategy....I am not Catholic, my family is, though...its hard not to follow the news when he angers many people of his own church. I was moved by the story. I am glad things are changing inside the Vatican.

Bunni · Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:56 pm

Morgana wrote:Well, we have seen this particular Pope to be very different from the ones before him.

I do agree with this.

truckingon · Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:25 pm

I am not Catholic either, about as far from it as one can get, but I feel this Pope definitely has a good heart.

CitrineStars · Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:46 pm

I saw you post this on FB first thing this morning and it coloured the whole day HAPPY! Truly moving and wonderful, thank you for posting it!

starfire · Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:43 pm

It is wonderful to see this Pope doing some changes that need to be done and showing kindness and love for all people!!! These kind of people are truly rare and too far in-between!!!! :thumbup:

starfire

:dragons::

Huffette · Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:36 pm

For the first time in my lifetime, we have a pope who is not a stuffed shirt and a stick n the mud.

Luminoire · Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:42 pm

This pope is quite a difference. :thumbup:

Regardless of religion, that's class

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