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Originally posted by Jepic
I think what the OP is saying is that he should be described in the media as an Italian pope not as latin-american pope because his blood is Italian not latino. I agree with him.
He doesn't look latino either... He looks Italian.
ummm....if thats the case, then why do you call yourself "Jesuit" garlic?
Hello. I dont understand why you call descendants of Italians as "Romans".
Im Argentine, and all my grandparents are from Italy, Ancona.. For you Im a Roman too? Also the parents of Francis were from Piedmont, not rome.
Why not? He is from Latin America. He was born in Latin America.
How does that disqualify him from being a Latin American pope?
Well maybe you should change the title of the thread to say that the new pope isn't a Latino?
As it's currently written it's absurd. He is a Latin-American.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by Jepic
I think what the OP is saying is that he should be described in the media as an Italian pope not as latin-american pope because his blood is Italian not latino. I agree with him.
He doesn't look latino either... He looks Italian.
Why not? He is from Latin America. He was born in Latin America.
How does that disqualify him from being a Latin American pope?
Originally posted by GLontra
What region of Italy his father comes from?
Does his father comes from Romano Canavese, just like Tarcisio Bertone?
Originally posted by sk0rpi0n
reply to post by Loferzi
Hello. I dont understand why you call descendants of Italians as "Romans".
I am not calling Italians in general "Romans".
In this case, we are investigating a supposed final Pope, who is described as a "Roman".
It turns out that Pope Francis is Italian.... and modern day Italians are the closest match to Romans. When it comes to a prophetic subject, we tend to make these associations.
Im Argentine, and all my grandparents are from Italy, Ancona.. For you Im a Roman too? Also the parents of Francis were from Piedmont, not rome.
National identity is not exactly the same as heritage.
Rome need not necessarily be a reference to the modern city of Rome, but rather the heritage of being descended from the people who were once called Romans... or part of the Roman empire.
Kind of like how the Iranian Jews are 100% Iranian by nationality, but still have a heritage that is different from the other Iranians.
Originally posted by Happy1
reply to post by Loferzi
For all of you new pope apologist and everyone else who wants to learn something - see the thread White Smoke, Black Pope, Is the USA to be destroyed?
This is the first jesuit pope - the francis name is probably francis xavier ( the co-founder of the jesuits with ignatius)
Black pope is the title commonly given to the head of the jesuit order - not a skin color.
See the many crimes against the people of argentina and his own jesuit brothers during the military junta in the argentinian history.
This is satan - not a good man.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by Jepic
I think what the OP is saying is that he should be described in the media as an Italian pope not as latin-american pope because his blood is Italian not latino. I agree with him.
He doesn't look latino either... He looks Italian.
Why not? He is from Latin America. He was born in Latin America.
How does that disqualify him from being a Latin American pope?
sk0rpi0n
Pope Francis is being touted as the "First Latin-American Pope" and the first "Non-European Pope in 1000 years" and so on. But is he really?
I was just reading his wiki page, and it turns out.... he is the son of Italian immigrants.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, one of the five children of Italian immigrants Mario José Bergoglio, a railway worker, and his wife Regina María Sívori, a housewife.
wiki
The final Pope was supposed to be "Peter the Roman". Though he isn't using the name "Peter", he is still very much of Roman (Italian) lineage.
Could Pope Francis be the final Roman Pope?edit on 14-3-2013 by sk0rpi0n because: (no reason given)edit on 14-3-2013 by sk0rpi0n because: (no reason given)