What would be your first act as the new Pope?

[IWantGod]

If You became the new Pope, what changes would you make, or would you keep things as they are?

 

[Cruciferi]

Declare the Final Marian Dogma and hold the Final Vatican Council.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Name myself Peter and cause even more uproar on top of the scandal of me, a female, being elected Pope.

 

[christofirst]

I would log on to Catholic Answers Forums to see the reaction to my being elected Pope in the news categories. Acting as Supreme Moderator, if anyone questioned my decisions they would be banned, and if they dared to question why, the response would be, “Because the Pope says so.”

 

[Entwhistler]

I would make a few Monsignors.

And, like christofirst said, I would troll the World News forum here on CAF.

 

[drac16]

I would teach that a person is saved by faith alone. That would cause a bit of a stir. I would also call myself “Pope Awesome”, cause that sounds cool.

 

[Flopfoot]

Kick all the sinners out of the Church

 

[RandomAlias]

Kick all the sinners out of the Church

And remind the last sinner to turn out the lights upon leaving.

 

[RandomAlias]

I would name myself Pope Random. Then, after the inaugural festivities simmer down, I would tour the world to talk to its major leaders, tell them what an awful job they are doing, and give them a few hints how to improve.

 

[graciew]

My first act as the new Pope would be to say "Goodbye"and run away as far as I can get. And keep on running . So it would be the last act too.

 

[Greenfields]

Kick all the sinners out of the Church

so…the churches would all be empty…

 

[Flopfoot]

That’s the joke

 

[Greenfields]

My first words as new Pope would be “Oh,thank goodness I know this is just a stupid dream ”
I’d count to three and wake up for real,shake my head at such an absurd thought

 

[Mary_Ellen]

If I were a man (so this would be possible) I’d ask for the prayers of all the faithful. They’d be needed.

 

[christofirst]

My first encyclical would revoke all prior condemnation of the teachings of Origen of Alexandria, particularly those which endorse Pacifism and Universalism, and pave the way for his being declared a saint. I would then spend the rest of my brief papacy dealing with the schism which would occur as a result of my encyclical, before being exiled to a desert island.

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

To resign because, you know, I’m a girl.

 

[joeybaggz]

Me, Pope? That’s a laugh. Though, I would do the absolute correct thing in that situation. I would convene a council of Cardinals, and them they to quit joking around and elect someone qualified. Then I’d take the popemobile out for pizza with a bunch of kids. Of course I’d dress in my pope duds to impress the young uns.

Edited to say: Of course, I would do one thing of an official nature. I would ban the pathetic music used at Catholic masses and tell them to come up with something much better. I would probably try to find a few Southern Baptist choirs and give the job to them. Kinda like Whoppi did in Sister Act.

 

[theStudentAD2018]

Alright: First act as pope that I would do is: ask my chancellor and my college of cardinals if I can declare a Taco Tuesday or Taco Thursday and if I can’t do Taco whatever-days, then I’m automatically putting a LONG list of people on the canonization list: Archbishop Sheen, Father Vincent C.(I can’t remember the last name actually. I know he served with the Marines in Vietnam and was very much beloved), Father John Hardon (His talks are hard to hear and take, but y’know what? I agree, they’re needed), Dietrich Von Hildebrand and others. Then, after all of the canonization masses, I’d celebrate by downing a keg of Coca Cola.

 

[Rob2]

What would be your first act as the new Pope ?..that’s an easy one…I’d resign .