A friend pointed out that the largest Catholic population exists on the South American continent so it makes perfect sense who they chose...who'da thunk they'd pander to such petty, earthly influences as wanting to kiss geographical ass?
We'll hold this line until Hell freezes over --Then we'll hold it on ice skates.-Anonymous picket sign
Couldn’t, wouldn’t, mustn’t, shouldn’t – these are the laments of the spineless. –Bette Davis
Feminist. We Just Call Out Bulls**t Where We See It.
I haven't been this excited since Ralph Kramden's "Loyal Order of Raccoons" elected a new "Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler of the Raccoons" on "The Honeymooners" in 1957....
I like the the new pope seems to practice humility, takes the bus, lives in a small apartment instead of a large home. He is supposed to be very much concerned about the poor, and St. Francis of Assisi seems to be the inspiration for his papal name.
He is going to be way too conservative for liberals in the church, especially on homosexuality, but I don't expect him to serve very long, probably retiring after five years. A caretaker to clean things up and then hopefully we will get a young turk to replace him.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Yes, and I see he was very cooperative with the Argentine dictatorship:
New Pope Linked To Liberal Priests' Kidnapping, Torture BY BRIAN MURPHY and MICHAEL WARREN The Associated Press
Bergoglio twice invoked his right under Argentine law to refuse to appear in open court, and when he eventually did testify in 2010, his answers were evasive, human rights attorney Myriam Bregman said.
At least two cases directly involved Bergoglio. One examined the torture of two of his Jesuit priests – Orlando Yorio and Francisco Jalics – who were kidnapped in 1976 from the slums where they advocated liberation theology. Yorio accused Bergoglio of effectively handing them over to the death squads by declining to tell the regime that he endorsed their work. Jalics refused to discuss it after moving into seclusion in a German monastery.
Many Argentines remain angry over the church's acknowledged failure to openly confront a regime that was kidnapping and killing thousands of people as it sought to eliminate "subversive elements" in society. It's one reason why more than two-thirds of Argentines describe themselves as Catholic, but fewer than 10 percent regularly attend mass.
