The Archbishop is also a Primate!

NY Times October 7, 1991
Poland's Catholic Primate Visits St. Patrick's

RTE News Sep 30 2006
Paisley to meet with Catholic Primate

BBC 1 December, 1997
Polish Roman Catholic primate critical of radio broadcast...

Picture Australia: Jan 1 1992
ARCHBISHOP VAUGHAN,  THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMATE AT WESTMINSTER.

Catholic Communications Office 4 September 2003
CATHOLIC PRIMATE CONDEMNS INTIMIDATION OF MEMBERS OF DISTRICT POLICING PARTNERSHIP BOARDS

ABC News OnLine   June 6, 2007
The Catholic Primate of Australia and Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, is threatening to deny communion to Catholic politicians who vote for an expansion of stem-cell research.

Oh, and by the way, the Primate of Los Angeles just announced that the church will be paying 600 million, that is six hundred million dollars to a few of those who were molested by priests as children. I mention that not because it is a smear of any kind, but just because it's in the news and will make Bill Donahue foam at the mouth.

•  And so are you...

  so are we all...

  by kmiddle on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 08:49:52 AM PST

  •  Thank you.

    My primacy is only among the order mammalia, however. I make no claims beyond that.

    by AWhitneyBrown on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 08:52:37 AM PST

    •  Whitney!

      Come bless our campaign!  I have heard of your great powers!

      by Major Danby on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 08:58:09 AM PST

    •  Man, I saw you perform live in the 80's and

      laughed harder than I could ever remember.  So you are one prime primate in my book.

      by FXDCI on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:48:09 AM PST

  •  And all the members

    of 200-300 other species, depending on how you lump and split.

    by melvin on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 08:53:05 AM PST

•  See Earlier Post: "Repentance, Not Politics"

  FWIW, I just posted a piece about the LA Archdiocese settlement:

  "Repentance Not Politics: After the L.A. Archdiocese Settlement."

  by Avenging Angel on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 08:54:56 AM PST

•  But Will He Assault You with a Loofah?

  Or a falafel?

  by bink on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 08:54:56 AM PST

  •  i thought it was a falafel

    ::shudder::

    by Runs With Scissors on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 08:56:43 AM PST

    •  Well, at least you have scissors to defend

      yourself with. Imagine all those poor folks who actually paid attention to their mothers about that!

      by PatsBard on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:06:18 AM PST

•  Do primates molest their young?

  Just wonderin'...

  by Bob Johnson on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:00:25 AM PST

  •  Gives new meaning to the line

    "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"

    by badger on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:50:34 AM PST

•  According to wikipedia

  America's Primate is the Archbishop of Baltimore. I always thought America's Primate was the President.

  *tap tap* Is this thing on?

  by dwmr on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:01:49 AM PST

  •  No, the President,

    at least TGDSOBGWB, is America's Primidiot.

    by william f harrison on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:48:20 AM PST

  •  Chimp, primate, whatever. n/t

    by FXDCI on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:49:13 AM PST

•  Bill Donahue?

  Am I missing something?

  by PatsBard on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:04:27 AM PST

  •  Yes, you are!

    THIS Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League. Watch the video!
    http://www.youtube.com/...

    by AWhitneyBrown on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:10:29 AM PST

    •  Ah! Whew!!!

      Thanks.

      by PatsBard on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:11:29 AM PST

    •  Sounds like Mad Bill

      doesn't much care about primates, but he likes him some children.

      by JoeWPgh on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:16:11 AM PST

    •  This whole "the pope/candidate/president is a

      primate" thing is damn brilliant.  It's self-evident, hilarious, and disarming.  Creationists are forced to deny their own biology in defense of their muddled belief system.  I'm cracking up.

      by Mogolori on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:18:48 AM PST

      •  The Catholic Church fully accepts evolution n/t

        by Elwood Dowd on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:53:06 AM PST

•  The Pope is 3 for 3.

  My comment yesterday.

  pri·mate n

    1. a member of an order of mammals with a large brain and complex hands and feet, including humans, apes, and monkeys. Order: Primates

    2. pri·mate or Pri·mate an archbishop or high-ranking bishop

    3. somebody holding the highest rank (archaic

  Let's see. He's human. He used to be a high-ranking bishop. And, he's the highest rank in the Catholic Church. Yup, he's a primate alright.

  hink

  by MrHinkyDink on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:09:37 AM PST

  •  He's still a high-ranking bishop

    I believe that the Pope is also considered to hold the title "Bishop of Rome" as part of his official title, just as the original Peter I was Bishop of Rome.

    by Cali Scribe on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:18:00 AM PST

    •  You are right.

      He is the Bishop of Rome. Part of the reason for the split with the Greek Orthodox Church is over who had primacy--the Bishop  of Rome or the  Patriarch of Constantinople/Istanbul.

      by irishwitch on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:37:12 AM PST

•  Who you calling "primate"? primate

  by andgarden on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:13:16 AM PST

•  the BIll O'Reilly tag made me laugh. nt

  by dannyinla on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:15:33 AM PST

•  God Hates Bill O'Reilly.

  by kestrel9000 on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:27:16 AM PST

  •  I want to

    party with that guy!

    cl

    Religion is like sodomy: both can be harmless when practiced between consenting adults but neither should be imposed upon children.

    by Caoimhin Laochdha on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 10:22:59 AM PST

    •  Blanket party, maybe....n/t

      by kestrel9000 on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 10:58:32 AM PST

•  Fortunately for him...

  the Catholic Church does accept evolution.

  Heliocentrism too.

  by ek hornbeck on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:30:40 AM PST

•  "Well, I hope we're not too messianic...

  Or a trifle too satanic...

  I'm a monkey."

  by blueteam on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:32:24 AM PST

  •  Monkey Man

    a recommend for the Stones reference! :)

    by Nellcote on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 10:13:55 AM PST

•  I believe that Church doctrine now calls

  for any statements of regret or apology regarding child molestation to be made in Latin.

  by Elwood Dowd on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:54:45 AM PST

•  i thought the pope was a rodent...

  specifically, a rabbit.

  guess i better stop getting my news from 'south park'

  by 73rd virgin on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 09:56:05 AM PST

  •  easter bunny legend

    that was probably my favorite south park episode ever!

    by Nellcote on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 10:15:04 AM PST

    •  i made my mom watch it

      and now she still looks for it in reruns.  the whole thing was wonderfully thought out, and who doesnt love a skewering of bill donahue??...but jesus with those sunglasses and ninja stars was priceless.  

      by 73rd virgin on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 12:06:52 PM PST

•  Linnaen Taxonomy

  This is one of the funniest things the creationist wingnuts do: They insist that they are not primates or descended from primates when, indisputably, all humans are primates; that's us and our grandparents, too.

  Linnaen taxonomyenjoys 100 percent scientific accordbecause without it, biologists could not talk well with each other. It is "a method of classifying living things originally devised by, and named for, Carl Linnaeus," who died before Charles Darwin was even born. In that taxonomy, we are primates. And there is no disputing it; it is a self-defining system, it is inherently correct.

  But, you see, when instead of saying "I am not descended from an ape," you have to talk to your wingnut friends like this: "We are primates, yes, but we did not evolve from other primates besides Homo sapiens," the eyes glaze over. Nuance puts them to sleep.

  by splendid1 on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 10:09:42 AM PST

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  by buhdydharma on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 10:47:28 AM PST