Time to get rid of the pope?

[KatyKopykat]

I'm not Catholic so I don't know much about this. Could the world survive without the Pope? There's no need for a head of the Catholic church. There's no Anglican equivalent. Keep the bishop of Rome job, but leave it at that.

Expecting to get totally pasted here and I accept that I know nothing and happy to have explanations.

Admins @mnhq please remove if this is not allowed.

I think they should appoint a woman this time

(PS.... yes I KNOW why they can't appoint a woman.....)

@TheNightingalesStarling we can dream….

I did wonder if it would be someone from a developing country this time…

(apologies if that is non-PC terminology)

I could do it easy, as well as my job here in the USA

Just needs some MAGA letters on that bigly hat he wore.

Well yeah, probably about 1000 years ago, but you've got the full might of the Catholic Church and millions of roman catholics across the world against you.

I wouldn't start from here if I were you. 🙂

What else should I be doing on my daily commute?

😂👏

Cool.
What other multinational organisations don't really need someone in charge?

The UN - doesn't really need a Secretary General.
Big charities like The Wellcome Trust, World Health Organisation and Unicef disbursing millions of pounds a year - no real need for a CEO.

Great idea.

I think you don't understand the huge significance and pivotal relevance of the Pope to the Catholic Church and faith.

The papal office can be literally traced right back right from the 1st century and Apostle Peter, making it the oldest living institution in the world. Catholics believe that Jesus chose Peter to be the head of the Apostles, making Peter the first Pope and 'the rock' upon which the Catholic Church was built. Every Pope is considered a successor of Peter.

No. It's a good idea. The Pope is the leader of the Catholic church. And by tradition is the successor of Peter. Whether Peter would agree who knows.

I love the pope!

Most organisations tend to have someone at the top.

I think they should bring back the Avignon Popes. It’s been years since we’ve had a decent schism.

Every cult needs a leader (I'm an ex Catholic).

What would not having a pope accomplish?

The astonishing levels of ignorance and utterly absurd notions I've seen touted on some recent opening posts here really makes me question if universal suffrage is such a good idea.

There's been three black Popes. A lot of Popes have been from poorer countries, which at the time, the conditions were very poor. It is a way to escape poverty and for Nuns, the threat of a bad marriage/maternity death.

No we can't do away with the Pope, he's the head if the Catholic Church. I don't like the history or some of the policies, but the last Pope had good points to add to the discussion around accepting refugees and bringing the end to wars. Both the last two Popes have talked about the mortal sin those in power conveniently forget, ignoring those in need and suffering that can be alleviated.

@SpanThatWorld

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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the Anglican church. Worldwide.

The Pope is head of the Roman Catholic church, also worldwide.

Both positions are currently vacant."

"Could the Chief Rabbi stand in?"

Exactly- why does the Pope always have to be Catholic!!

Seems to be very discriminatory against other candidates for the job.

All of them?

Even Alexander VI?

All right everyone I'll hold my hands up, it's a nutso suggestion.

I'm not Catholic so I don't know much about this.

You don't need to be Catholic. Teaching this sort of European history isn't fashionable among the trendy liberals who think it's not relevant to multicultural Britain. But it's necessary to understand how we got here. And how the Catholic church at one time owned 50% of Germany (as it is now) and 44% of France. It's all written down in books - just not the ones you find in schools.

I have no idea if this is a serious post or not. If it isn't 😅 If it is 🤣

Wtf has it got to do with you who the head of the catholic church is? Ridiculous post.

No he wasn’t. (St) Augustine was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, and was sent by the pope to evangelise England. Augustine was of course Catholic as there wasn’t a lot of choice before the Reformation.
Just crack on commenting on subjects on which you have zero understanding or knowledge. It’s fun reading it

Op, why is it you think getting rid of the Pope would be a good thing?

Almost every single organisation in the world from businesses, charities, military, governments, sports clubs to religions have a leader of some form. CEO, President, Chairman. Things work better when there is a leader to make ultimate decisions.

Is KatyKopyKat trying to file copy for an article?