tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post4489498046870884053..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Who's your papa?Zenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-62261132449525183172008-04-18T09:33:00.000-07:002008-04-18T09:33:00.000-07:00"Benny Hex" -- love it!"Benny Hex" -- love it!Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052684196866992031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-10349751405175300442008-04-17T10:18:00.000-07:002008-04-17T10:18:00.000-07:00I don't understand why someone doesn't declare the...I don't understand why someone doesn't declare themselves the Pope of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. At least there wouldn't be any competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-10383205598922710512008-04-17T01:07:00.000-07:002008-04-17T01:07:00.000-07:00Don't forget the sedevacantists, who hold that the...Don't forget the sedevacantists, who hold that the Holy See has been empty since Pius XII died (fifty years this October!).<BR/><BR/>I mean, Pulvermacher may lead a group of self-proclaimed Catholics, but if he's not in Rome he's not the Bishop of Rome! He can hardly be the Primate of Italy (though that one sounds suspiciously Darwinist). He's neither the Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, nor is he the Sovereign of State of the Vatican City.<BR/><BR/>More seriously, I don't think that cutting himself off from the larger Catholic community -- especially because they won't cut themselves off from the rest of the world like you want to -- qualifies you as any sort of bridge-builder, let alone <I>Pontifex Maximus</I>. Thank God we've got such a friend of ecumenism as the actual leader of the...<BR/><BR/>He what now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com