ScottX's definitions

Red Pope

A nickname for the cardinal who heads the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Used because cardinals wear scarlet robes and the congregation has lots of power in missionary countries.

Cardinal Ivan Dias is the current Red Pope.

by ScottX November 28, 2006

minister

a protestant clergyman

A minister, a priest, and a rabbi walk into a bar...What is this, some kind of joke?

by ScottX September 11, 2006

Photons

Particles of light or other electromagnetic radiation.

Photons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.

by ScottX November 26, 2006

cardinal

a "prince" of the Catholic Church; cardinals elect the pope. They are usually bishops. They wear scarlet dresses.

Are the St. Louis cardinals named after birds or the "princes" of the Catholic Church?

by ScottX October 22, 2006

Memere

Sometimes spelled Mere Mere, pronouced "meh-may". French Canadian for grandma.

Memeres and Peperes are the Grandmas and Grandpas of French kids.

by ScottX October 22, 2006

Jebbie

Slang for Jesuit or member of the Society of Jesus.

The Jebbies are the intellectuals of the Catholic Church.

by ScottX November 20, 2006

Black Pope

A nickname for the superior general of the Jesuits. Used because he wears a black robe and rules over the largest religious order in the Catholic Church.

Hans Kolvenbach, SJ, is the current Black Pope.

by ScottX November 28, 2006