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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is the a rule that a pope can't be bird? I know he has to be a baptized catholic male and accept of their own free will (added after a tiny incident), but did they ever specify human?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

i suppose if he was a Franciscan that would be fine

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem is that they have the say they accept the role as pope. So maybe a talking parrot?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ngl, I would be happy if the cardinal that lives in our yard became pope. He's a cool little dude, and much closer to the divine than any human.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had a cardinal that would repeatedly bash itself unconscious at whatever window my dad was in. He liked to joke it was his mother. It went on for years. It was fucking wild. It was the same damn bird.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are not the smartest birds, that's for sure. Pretty, and entertaining, but not too bright

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Hey, I resemble that remark.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Very informative! Thanks! I hope the next pope is a bird!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My favorite is the red-crested cardinal(Paroaria coronata) but I know their chances of becoming Pope are slim because it's very unlikely they'd elect two South-American cardinals in a row.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not a true cardinal either.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Avian discrimination

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Ain't no rule says the bird can't be pope.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not to be a meme-pedant but how is the Northern Cardinal from Italy?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

I too was confused about the indicated countries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Bothered me as well so I went and looked it up, because sometimes animals I associate with North America are present in Eurasia too.

Northern cardinal range:

So definitely a North America exclusive, and it seems all cardinals, the Cardinalidae family, are New World birds. Stupid meme made me go learn something.

(Also "desert cardinal -- Hungary" should have tipped us all off that the country assignments were random)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Fucking discrimination! Replace the "a bird" with "black" and reflect on your bigotry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

I mean, this is the Catholic Church we're talking about. They're not particularly known for fair hiring policies.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Thrilling to the end

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Honestly, a birb could do a better job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

you vs the guy she tells you not to worry about (she is bisexual) (you are a lesbian)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

I vote flammulated cardinal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Why no Kyler Murray?