The Pope Watches Carousel (Pope Smacks Asian Woman)

Omg, that looks so bad! But she probably grabbed him with an unholy grip and wouldn't let go.

LOL imagine believing that religious nonsense and having your living embodiment of God himself bitch-smack you -- that'll leave a mark (ON HER SOUL)

r2 Asian Karen is going to hell five times over, for sure.

Pope. Was. Not. Playing. With. That. Beeyotch. Lol

If there was ever a reason to change religions, that would be it.

Oh please, if it had been a young hot male he would have reacted differently

Fuck the pope

What a way to end the decade - MeToo'ing your adherent on camera. 😄

Immediately thought of the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City where he was shot and wounded while entering the square. In those very quick few seconds, its indeterminable to realize the woman's intent, especially when she's grabbing and pulling with such force.

Hahah, remember when Jesus smacked away that woman who grabbed his cloak?

Her intent is obvious. "Me love you long time."

Some are claiming he called her a "bruja." Spanish for witch

"Get your hands off me you yellow pagan!"

OMG, he’s...he’s...human!

She seemed kind of desperate. I bet she has terminal cancer and was hoping for a miracle. Wouldn't it be ironic if she found out that bitchsmack actually cured her?

r14 Even funnier if that then counted towards those miracles he'll need in order to be declared a saint after his death.

I thought you meant this Carousel, OP.

Racist

He's just an old man. What is so special about him? Like God listens more to him?

You don't think he's sinned? Shat? Masturbated? He has sinned.

[quote]He's just an old man. What is so special about him?

Uh...he's the bishop of Rome, the leader of the Catholic Church.

Now tell us about you.

She pulled him so hard he almost fell and to a frail old man like him that could have been fatal.

He should have bitch slapped her.

Before he got to her I wondered at his patience with the damn phones thrust in his face. No mere mortal could handle all of that nonsense.

Did it feel like a kiss?

Pope Francis pings pedo.

R21, he is no mere mortal. He is the Vicar of Christ on earth.

Much more butch than when Ratsy slapped the reporter daring to ask him about protecting criminals.

And Chinese tourists continue to prove they are polite, well-behaved travelers.

Good thing he wasn’t a shrimp.

[quote] Good thing he wasn’t a shrimp.

He used to be a bouncer at a bar in Buenos Aires.

LOL - shows his true colors. That isn't surprise or shock on his face - it is venom and disdain that someone dared to reach for him.

The look on that woman's face was not hatred or anger, but devotion and reverence who is the supposed earthly embodiment of their lord and savior.

It's like silly celebrities who moan and whine about paps. Of course, they're going to hound you once you're famous enough to matter. What do you expect when you manipulate people and use faith as a tool and weapon. Of course, you're going to have people who are so enraptured by your odious message and desperate to touch its earthly form.

I hope that video goes viral and people see that he isn't the kinder and gentler Pope, but as nasty and self-serving as they've all been. He's just better at pushing this particular image. Politics in the Vatican are as nasty as anywhere. People are fools to think that someone could possibly rise to the top of that stinkhole and continue to smell like a rose.

How many kids have been rape and tortured by priests since the dawn of time?

[quote] That isn't surprise or shock on his face - it is venom and disdain that someone dared to reach for him.

Please reach for him all day, everyday. He's used to it. I don't see venom and disdain-- I see a tired old man in a bad mood.

[QUOTE]LOL - shows his true colors. That isn't surprise or shock on his face - it is venom and disdain that someone dared to reach for him.

That aggressive bitch almost tore his fucking arm off.

[quote]Please reach for him all day, everyday.

Did you see how FAST his expression changed from smiling and benevolent to vicious?

[quote]That aggressive bitch almost tore his fucking arm off.

Tore his arm off - LOL. She wasn't moving she was pressed against the barrier. She grabbed his arm and prevented him from moving away. It's not as if he was Usain Bolt running at full speed when she grabbed his hand. He was turning away from her and she grabbed his arm. Tore his arm off - give me a break.

As someone else noted, he parades in front of the masses regularly - touching his person is a thing for the faithful.

He's a tired old man whose mask slipped.

Does anyone speak Chinese so we can understand what China Girl is yammering at him?

The pope overreacted. And sinned.

She is not Chinese, she is Korean

Right. Pulling away would have been enough, but hitting her?

"How DARE you!"

He's eighty-fucking-three!

I guess they're like the Americans with their Presidential candidates when it comes to age.

Poor Pope.

He actually has a thing about being touched, he's not much of a fan

The woman literally grabbed him and dragged him backwards. I'm on team Francis for this one.

It's interesting because I lived in China for a year (I realise there's some discussion above over whether she is Chinese or Korean) and they have very different cultural notions of personal space and boundaries than we do. In some respects much more rigid, but when it comes to physical touching and communication with strangers, much more overbearing and permissive.

Take that!

It was brave of him to not be in the Pope Mobile. If you get my drift...

Her rudeness was pretty epic and probably would qualify as assault in a lot of western countries. Forcefully yanking a very elderly person's arm is never a good idea. Hopefully, since she's Asian she's lost face in a major way.

[quote]Her rudeness was pretty epic and probably would qualify as assault in a lot of western countries. Forcefully yanking a very elderly person's arm is never a good idea.

They BOTH behaved like bitches. OKAY?

The slap was purely occidental.

He said "Gurl, NO!" - but in Latin.

She overstepped her bounds, but he still should not have slapped her. He's the pope. He has to maintain some decorum and manners even if the public always doesn't.

He's old, he was probably tired & as other posters commented, grabbing or jerking the limbs of frail old people can easily result in fractures or breaks. He's probably too old for this meet & greet shit - just think of the germs he's exposed to, never mind aggressive asians. He should just ride around in the Pope Mobile, wave & call it good.

R41 This Catholic guy explains why Catholics kiss the ring, and why it upsets him that the current pope will only allow it for certain people, like the cute muscular guy at 9:35.

Thank you r51: that’s quite informative.

R41 Yeah, but I bet he has no problem touching up the youngsters when he gets a chance like most of the clergy.

She probably called him a Latino: there's nothing that makes Argentines as mad as suggesting that they're not entirely white does.

He's a rude old man and probably has dementia.

This is hilarious.

[quote]Wouldn’t be the first time......

Makes me like him more that he had a completely human response. And then he apologized. No problem. I'm sure he had his underlings bring her to the Vatican for a special audience. However if it gets out that he met with her, lots of followers will try the same stunt.

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He's one ANGRY gurl.

The type I avoid on DL.

He's probably a "we" troll.

Me so horny! Me sucky sucky Pope! $10 ruv 💕 u Wong time!

Amateur..

Seems like a complex guy, like most people are. Here, he pulls away when people attempt to kiss his ring. IMO, after the first few people ahead of you in line were rebuffed, why would you think "Oh good, at least *I* have chance!"

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, there was the meeting of the Pope and Baby Pope

Wow, that’s a lot of security!

Idiota!

R16- I don't know why but that is the GAYEST scene in that movie, and my FAVORITE scene.

He's finally trending on Twitter. That took long enough. #cancelled

No protection. The guy in the black coat is his security? He's smiling at the baby, Nobody in front of him.. Guess His Holiness has to rely on the hand of God. Were the fuk are these guys filming a Bel Ami Vid?

The Curia is just making it a tad easier for the hand of God.

[quote] She is not Chinese, she is Korean

She was Laotian - from Laos, stupid! It's a landlocked country in southeast Asia. It's between Vietnam and Thailand, okay? Population 4.7 million.

The Swish Guard at attention.

She so fucking deserved that smack. Fucking awful tourist bitch, she felt entitled to touch him.

The problem is the notion that he’s hyped as some sort of special link to GOD. If he were considered a regular human mortal, she wouldn’t have grabbed at him so desperately.

And he wouldn’t have felt entitled to smack her. (Although I don’t blame him.)

And for the last time, I’ll repeat the lessons we learned in preschool: Use your words. Don’t put your hands on people.

If she was a very young boy, he would have let that kid to touch his dick. Just saying

The pope was right. That woman is the embodiment of “aggressive Asian lady”. He taught her a thing about boundaries. Let’s hope it sticks.

As for the video of the pope pulling back his hands during the meet&greet: This is to keep things going! There are hundreds of people in line, and the only way to accommodate all is to make the briefest of contact, then send them on their way again.

No, no, no. He fucked it up. this is how I told him to do it.

[quote] He's just an old man. What is so special about him? Like God listens more to him? You don't think he's sinned? Shat? Masturbated? He has sinned.

Who claims he hasn’t sinned? The reverence for the Pope is not for him as a person, it’s for what he represents. He’s the Vicar of Christ..and not the poor suffering Christ who was killed but the risen Christ who reigns supreme, Christ the King. Now having said that, one could admire a holy Pope (the person) as and when they are holy..there’s been very holy Popes and very evil ones.

I believe in GOD and this is not it. These popes are trash. People are so dumb to look up to other human beings. Pathetic. The Catholic church is gonna burn in hell.

R78 read r77. And people look up to other human beings all the time religion has nothing to do with it. We all have influences and qualities in others that we admire.

"My bad, bitch!"

They are both ridiculous and idiotic. They both deserve to be slapped. Preferably the pope slapped twice

A vicious slap to Karen. Pope Frankie is a DLer.

Fuck the pope

Now that I’ve seen the clip a few times, I’m Team Pope. That woman yanked him pretty hard. If a man did that to a woman, holy (haha) moly, there would be outrage.

I like his apology, too.

Elder abuse.

The more I look at it, the more it seems like she almost pulled his shoulder out of its socket and popped his elbow on top of it. No wonder he lost his shit.

The pope is a worthless cunt

SLAP HER M'LYNN!

I find it comforting to know that not even the fucking Pope can stand crazy, aggressive asian bitches.

She was totally in the wrong. Imagine someone pulling on Queen Elizabeth like that? If she hit the person with her handbag she’d be a big hero. Sorry but that bitch deserved more.

Sorry, R51, but the conservative agenda drives stuff like that to denigrate Francis.

The man is in his early 80s, and the woman could have pulled him down. He reacted a couple of years ago in much the same way, when another overzealous person tugged him into the crowd.

As a gay man who is Catholic, I have a lot of problems with the church. But I give a lot of credit to this man who is trying to be more Christian in his approach to a whole range of issues. As a world leader, he is the Anti-Trump. Could you imagine that imbecile in the White House apologizing, if he had had a similar incident? I can't.

He wants his cake and eat it too.

He wants to play at being a god's special snowflake on earth with a direct line of communication and grace.

Of course, people want to touch him. As for kissing his ring - how many hundreds of years of tradition is that?

He plays dress up in all the regalia and stand in front of cheering crowds and all the other ceremony and tradition that strokes his ego, but he draws the line at, you know, actual human contact.

LOL - he may as well have done your standard apology:

"This is not who I am or the values of our organization. We can do better. I can do better. I want to apologize to people who were upset or offended by my actions. In the future, I'll work harder to warrant the trust and faith you've put in me...."

Screw this he should have punched her in the face.

I bet they paid her off real good so she wouldn't talk to the press. Which, not bad in exchange for a slap.

Pope Flancis! Your Horiness! Prease!

In my day we handled it better.

There will be other opportunities.

Oh, for goodness sake. She grabbed him, jerked him backwards, and wouldn’t let go of his hand, so he smacked it. Big. Fucking. Deal.

He should have appeared with his arm in a sling today.

Fuck the pope

NO human being would tolerate that. His instincts were normal.

He could have recognized her desperation and given her a benevolent smile and pat. Then the security could have intervened.

Bad optics for the endless Vatican farce.

R104, not when you're turning away and immediately jerked back - especially being old.

If anything the Pope was too benign with her.

Had that crazy Asian bitch tried to pull this aggressive stunt on the Dalai Lama he would have turned around and beheaded her with one swift karate chop.

People are always grabbing at him, kissing his hand, touching him...it's no wonder he hasn't done something like this way before now. The woman GRABBED him hard. Understandably he was not happy about that.

The pope's people should just tell the people in line that the pope requests that you not kiss his ring. Make up something like he's very susceptible to colds, etc. This would be so much more preferable than yanking his hand away making people feel like schmucks when all they wanted to do was show respect. The hell with it. End the practice, but don't humiliate people and make them feel badly.

Personally, I wouldn't want to wait in line to kiss anything that dozens of other people had already kissed. The germs, yuck!

[quote]Of course, people want to touch him.

She's grabbing at him like a shrimp at the buffet or a slightly soiled Chanel purse on sale. What a cunt. Touching his hand or kissing a ring isn't human contact.

[quote]As for kissing his ring - how many hundreds of years of tradition is that?

Tradition doesn't make something good and Francis' wish is to represent Catholicism as following the lead of Jesus Christ as the simple and decent man. He does not want to be seen as an idol to be worshipped, he's not Beyonce. It was tradition to throw gays in jail and to beat children at school. Who gives a shit when his hand is spat on by thousands a day?

[quote]He plays dress up in all the regalia

No, Francis wears simple white of a priest on purpose. The person in the regalia was Benedict, a Kaiser Karl style German clothes horse.

You just know that Asian bitch elbowed, bit, stepped on, pushed and shoved her way to the front row.

[quote]The look on that woman's face was not hatred or anger, but devotion and reverence who is the supposed earthly embodiment of their lord and savior.

Um, no. She was a tyical Asian pushy bitch who grabbed at him like a Florida mom of 3 at a Backstreet Boys concert.

[quote]earthly embodiment of their lord and savior.

Er, no he's not. Where do you get this shit???

[quote]The pope's people should just tell the people in line that the pope requests that you not kiss his ring.

They're not actually stupid, they have and they do. The people who want to kiss his ring don't give a shit.

I’m so sick and tired of those hypocritical priests. KILL THEM ALL

Babies know evil when they see it:

This Asian lady can’t hold a candle to the crazy bitch who KNOCKED BENEDICT DOWN in the main aisle of St. Peter's.

Could've been worse:

Has the woman apologized?

He should have backhanded the grabby bitch.

The woman who grabbed that Mary, Pope Benedict, and brought him down to the ground by his flouncy dress will always have my undying devotion.

Next season on "The Young Pope"--S2/E1: "What Would Lenny Do?" God, I love that show!

Pope Francis was correct in his handling of the assault; "Holy Father" treated the woman like the misbehaving "child" she presented herself to be among her "siblings." His scolding technique should be adopted by modern parents everywhere, i.e. chastise and correct misbehavior on the spot in a manner to discourage repeats by the errant one and/or his siblings. Apology is optional.

Do not grab or yank at others; better yet, keep your hands to yourself.

Another hilarious video of Benedict going down like a tree, to the off-camera, simpering voice of the woman shooting the video. Makes my day.

I used to drive downtown on my lunch break to pick up my mail from the Post Office and get something to eat. One day, I was carrying my umbrella, and this older woman wearing a raincoat grabbed my arm and wouldn't let go. So I kept whacking her with the umbrella until she let go, and picked up my mail and had a sandwich at Roy Roger's. When I got back to the office, the lady who sat next to me asked me what I did at lunch, and I mentioned that I hit a homeless woman with my umbrella to get her off of me. She loudly exclaimed "You hit a homeless woman?!?" Half the office went silent, and I started getting dirty looks from some of the women after that. Sorry, not sorry.

"Benedict, a Kaiser Karl style German clothes horse."

Thank you, R109. That was really funny.

Move it along, toots!

R122, you were defending yourself. You didn't start the aggression, you finished it.

R79 Take your idol worship loser bullshit somehwere else. READ MY POSTS AGAIN.

Let's not make this about the American homeless.

[quote]She is not Chinese, she is Korean

Either way, unlikely to be Catholic. Sorry, but Asian tourists are the most aggressive I’ve ever seen in my life. I was looking at Leonardo da Vinci’s “Annunciation” at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence when they immediately swarmed the room, with their selfie sticks, pushed me out of the way and knocked down an old lady. All this while chattering very loudly.

As often happens, people start to get a little upset and THIS ⬇️ happens.

R128, there are lots of Korean Catholics. And she was blessing herself when she saw him. Just a crazy, overenthusiastic, unhinged religious nut seeing her favorite rock star.

I love the way he smacks her - reminds me of how my cat used to pop the younger cat’s head if she got too close. Pop, pop, pop! It’s too funny!

[quote] Either way, unlikely to be Catholic.

There are a shitton of Catholics in Southeast Asia due to French colonialism.

I am sorry we asked, R122, R128. Oh wait, we didn't ask, did we?

Let us stay on topic and not threadjack OP's topic with our own tales, okay?

R128 Yes let's be racist and paint ALL Asians as rude. Those Asians who knocked others down at the museum I guarantee were mainland Chinese tourists. Singaporean, Taiwanese, and HK Chinese don't act that way. Nor do Japanese and South Korean tourists. Asian tourists from those countries are in contrast to the Chinese mainlanders, very polite and well-behaved. But yes, let's just be racist against all Asians because you saw dumb fuck Chinese tourists who wholly deserve their reputation around the world.

If he had just asked one simple question this could have been prevented.

[quote]I am sorry we asked, [R122], [R128]. Oh wait, we didn't ask, did we?

what do you mean "we"?

R92 your issues are with God since the church is His and the teachings are His. Pope Francis’ way is an attempt to undermine church teaching which he ultimately can’t because the church doesn’t belong to him.

Yeah yeah, can get back to priests and popes falling and grabbed, please?

Looking at R86's gif, that crazy bitch grabs him with both hands and drags him over to her. Insane.

I liked r122's tale and I hope he shared more.

Have they figured out who the Asian woman is yet? I would love to hear her side of the story.

Looked to me that she hurt him.

R140, you like any boy’s tail.

Go back and watch the Instagram-driven antics of the person BEFORE her.

Fight the real enemy.

Koreans are religious nuts.

Some of the people here defending the Pope are outrageous. This is a man that heads a worldwide cult that have abused children on an industrial scale for centuries. Fuck him Fuck the Catholic Church! And fuck religion in general!

And we don't know if his a kiddie fiddler. Maybe he is maybe he isn't but you can guarantee he has and is protecting countless numbers of them.

Once again FUCK HIM and his cult. I wish she ripped his fucking arm right off!!

I agree in general with R146 (except for the suggestion Francis is a pedo--that's stupid), but hunty, you sound like you have sand in your vadge.

Except that this Pope has been the fastest to try to clean house when allegations come to light. (cf. the recent DC bishop who used the D.C, archdiocese's funds (to the tune of $300K to bribe higher ups in Rome deciding the fate of pedophile priests: Bitch defrocked.)

[quote][R92] your issues are with God since the church is His and the teachings are His. Pope Francis’ way is an attempt to undermine church teaching which he ultimately can’t because the church doesn’t belong to him.

You are really too "funny" to be believed and also highly ignorant of church history. I suppose you believe those who turned a blind eye (even the most wonderful ever John Paul II) are the best stewards of God's intent for us lessers who don't like child fucking.

He look-uh like a mad!

Those fucking awful Asian tourists rarely travel to experience different cultures and have experiences in general with other human beings except themselves. They only travel to take selfies and have bragging rights to family and friends about where they’ve been and how great for them it is.

Could OP or someone explain what this has to do with Carousel? A link might have been helpful.

r121 Omg, one of the agents pushed one of the bishops to the ground as he was running towards the pope! Talk about priorities, eh?

Not only did he hit her he rudely yelled twice at her. Also notice how his was grabbing the kids but mostly ignoring the adults - very Catholic.

Heterosexual male aggression in full flight.

Isn't Catholic the predominant Datalounge religion?

Wait, so many of you are forgetting THE AGE of this man. Have any of you ever worked with the Elderly? I used to volunteer a lot with one of the local nursing homes and God Help You if dinner was late, someone took a shit in their pants and was uncomfortable, or the medical assistants were late with their meds. That woman is lucky the Pope didn't belt her into next year! How do we know that Benedict wasn't having a migraine? Old people are cranky a lot, trust me on this one.

[quote]Fuck the pope

Pics please.

He's God's representative on Earth, he isn't supposed to behave like other old people.

R146 for President!

[quote]Not only did he hit her he rudely yelled twice at her. Also notice how his was grabbing the kids but mostly ignoring the adults - very Catholic.

He turned away from the crowd very abruptly. She was SURE to have some contact. It was shock and disappointment wrapped up in one. He should have smiled at the people as he turned away. A charmer he is not.

BAD casting, quite frankly. I hope they choose better next time.

BAD casting, quite frankly. I hope they choose better next time.

Huh?

r161 is apparently unfamiliar with how the popes are chosen...

She should've flashed him her tits instead.

She was desperate to meet him, may have been there for hours or longer, was literally praying as he approached, and then he turned just as he got to her. She freaked out. She freaked out because the Catholic Church wants adherents to freak out like that, it's good business for them.

The church goes to great lengths to present the Pope as basically God on earth, they deliberately create his image as a powerful being who can help the most needy, so they can't start getting pissy when people who have fallen for their pious PR start acting a little crazy.

Lol! R119.

Notice the choir/alter boys in the back don't even react or jump to his defence. They're probably thinking "Yeah! Get that handsy old bitch!"

ADOLPH AND JUDAS ARE GETTING READY FOR PEKING DUCK .

R150 You’d make a good Trumptard if you’re not one already.

What crappy bodyguards the Pope has that they let a single woman climb over the barrier and actually tackle him in r119's video.

Seriously, situational awareness does not seem to be their forte.

[quote]Could OP or someone explain what this has to do with Carousel? A link might have been helpful.

In the musical Carousel, Billy Bigelow gets a chance to return to Earth and make things right. He is in the future and encounters his daughter Louise whom he never met. He tries to give her a star and she refuses it. He slaps her on the hand. Louise runs to her mother and asks, "Do you believe it's possible for someone to hit you good and hard and for it not to hurt?" It is mentioned earlier in the show that Billy is physically abusive with his wife. But she answers, "Yes, it's possible for someone to hit you good and hard and for it not to hurt."

You have not passed the Musical Theater Badge portion to earn your Gay Card. Please go back and study some more.

R51 Interesting video but it's from the perspective of a very traditional Catholic - they hate Francis because he is trying to turn around the supertanker and walk back from the extreme reactionary conservatism of his two immediate predecessors (hence the reference to Bishops leaving their dioceses - they don't like the fact that he is moving some of the furthest-right cardinals to meaningless symbolic jobs in Malta).

I was raised a Catholic and have never heard of anyone kissing the ring of an ordinary parish priest.

I think the Pope believes that the practice of kissing rings elevates him as an individual rather than the Word of God. Or perhaps he's just a germaphobe. Mind you he goes to prisons to wash the feet of the inmates every year so it's unlikely to be that.

[quote] I was raised a Catholic and have never heard of anyone kissing the ring of an ordinary parish priest.

Didn't Maria do it in the stage version of The Sound Of Music? I thought she knelt and kissed the Reverend Mother's ring.

Th Pope's' reaction was too retrained. Anyone one else who has his arm suddenly yanked by some anonymous bitch in a crowd would have kicked her in the cunt.

He came back an hour later and slapped her again!

R156 My thoughts exactly. People get cranky, with less of a filter with age. He's in his eighties, there's no way he doesn't have a touch of senility. Honestly, if you scare or hurt an elderly person, that reaction is to be expected. Claws come out.

This documentary on him is very good and explains the many differences in his papacy.

This thread should be used to justify no longer using witness testimony in court trials. How the same video of one act can elicit fifty different interpretations is bizarre.

Bizarre or, you know, human nature.

[quote] I was raised a Catholic and have never heard of anyone kissing the ring of an ordinary parish priest. I think the Pope believes that the practice of kissing rings elevates him as an individual rather than the Word of God.

Erm that’s because priests don’t have ecclesiastical rings. Bishops are given rings at their ordination. It is customary to kiss the ring in recognition of their office as a successor to the apostles and the authority that comes with that office. The Pope’s ring is known as “Ring of the Fisherman”. It is a symbol of papal authority and bears the image of St. Peter. Pope Francis either doesn’t understand the papal office and the symbolism that comes with certain elements of the office or, he does, and wants destroy the papacy.

[quote] I was raised a Catholic and have never heard of anyone kissing the ring of an ordinary parish priest. I think the Pope believes that the practice of kissing rings elevates him as an individual rather than the Word of God.

Erm that’s because priests don’t have ecclesiastical rings. Bishops are given rings at their ordination. It is customary to kiss the ring in recognition of their office as a successor to the apostles and the authority that comes with that office. The Pope’s ring is known as “Ring of the Fisherman”. It is a symbol of papal authority and bears the image of St. Peter. Pope Francis either doesn’t understand the papal office and the symbolism that comes with certain elements of the office or, he does, and wants destroy the papacy.

"Slap her, Willo... er, Pope Francis!"

R178 oooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr he just wants to change/modernise the papacy.

Shocking, I know.

That woman crossed herself and wanted to shake his hand badly. She grabbed too hard. The Pope has security right next to him if needed. Rather than assaulting the woman, he could have smiled and taken her hand in his. It appears that’s all she wanted.

R181 Is correct. But all he wanted to do was touch the children.

That little girl laughing and squealing on some guy's shoulders in the background adds a fellini-esque quality to this whole production.

[quote] R146: And we don't know if his a kiddie fiddler. Maybe he is maybe he isn't but you can guarantee he has and is protecting countless numbers of them.

Maybe you are, and maybe you aren’t, R146. Just to be safe, we should stone you. Because, maybe.

[quote] R158: He's God's representative on Earth, he isn't supposed to behave like other old people.

We are all God's representative on Earth, so of course he behaves like other people.

R184 Maybe you are. Whilst he probably isn't a kiddie fiddler there is not doubt he has been involving in covering it up like all of the high ranking Catholics around the world.

He's actually been the first pope to truly address child rape and torture, so don't compare him to his predecessors to the degree he's equally culpable to them because that's bullshit, R186. It just isn't accurate.

And a slap on the wrist for someone pulling at his arm is not assault, R181.

Team Pope. It was self-defense.

Pretty crazy though. I admit I don't know how religious people think, but I feel like if I were Catholic it would shake me up if the pope, the actual pope, slapped me. God, why hast thou forsaken me?

[quote] The church goes to great lengths to present the Pope as basically God on earth, they deliberately create his image as a powerful being who can help the most needy ...

To Catholics, they literally neither nor believe it.

*neither say nor believe

I went to Catholic school for 12 years and while I don't support the church, I support what he did to that loon.

She’s Korean, not Chinese.

R187 Then please explain why Pope Francis, the ped protector, has still failed to condemn Cardinal George Pell who is sitting is prison now for sexually assaulting young boys? And don't say its because Pell is awaiting appeal because 1) his conviction will not be overturned 2) Pell has been fucking convicted by a trial and jury.

Stop making excuses for the Catholic Church and its history of child abuse (amongst others) on an industrial scale since the beginning of its existence.

She should have come back and punched him out.

R194 She should sue the church. They are used to it and they have very deep pockets due to the money they take (mainly from the poor) and the fact that they don't pay any taxes.

She grabbed onto him with that Kung fu grip, no wonder he had to bitch slap her.

If only she’d had a translator

BREAKING:

Video has been found of the Pope's trip to Chile in 2018, where he slaps a NUN!!!!!!!!!

Clearly he has anger management issues particularly with women.

[quote]Clearly he has anger management issues particularly with women.

What would Freud have to say about that?

It's always women grabbing at him, so it's not anger toward women, but anger toward those grabbing at him, and they all seem to be women.

Maybe he turns them on. Urgh the thought of it.

[quote]Maybe he turns them on. Urgh the thought of it.

Well, he is one of the world's most eligible bachelors. I mean, the house alone is to die for!

r201, how do you know it's always women grabbing at him?

do not manhandle the pope. And NO, BITCH, you may not see his manager!

It would be understandable if she had grabbed him by the balls.

R198 he was smiling in this video..seems like a playful slap. Pope Francis is known to have anger issues but my guess is that he perhaps does playfully slap people and perhaps angry slap people too and because it’s ingrained in him, when he felt provoked by that poor Asian Lady, he instinctively smacked her.

He seems to have a problem with the sheep getting too close to him.

#CatholicSmackDown

He's clearly a nasty abusive asshole. Those smacks come a little too easily to him regardless of his excuse for them.

She cray cray…Team Francis.

If someone grabs YOU first then you're not the abusive asshole for slapping their hands away, R210.

Keep your hands to yourself is something you're supposed to learn in Kindergarten.

R213 Someone forgot to tell the clergy that though - they have a pretty poor track record when it comes to keeping their hands to themselves when it comes to the little ones.

[quote]Babies know evil when they see it:

Every child needs the fear of God slapped into it. Southerners used a belt on a bare buttock.

I always take my cues on how to behave from Southerners--lycnhings, cross burnings, blowing up little children. Fuck outta here, cunt R215. Even if you're trying to be funny, you're not.

She didn't even realize that I condemned her to Hell when I smacked her.