I’ll admit, the whole Pope-thing whizzed by so fast I did not comment, and dropped this thread so to recap on Pope-ery thoughts; I’m cautiously optimistic about this guy, he is setting the right tone, and while not technically a European, an ethnic Italian from South America is the perfect compromise for a hide-bound church. And I love Jesuits irrationally, for their rationality.
Bad Catholic II : Convocation
I let work keep me away for too long, now I really need to step it up. I am hopelessly fascinated by the drama; being a Catholic is much similar to being a non-practicing Jewish person; having been raised in it, I may agree with much of the outside criticism, but at some point the non-Catholics take it too far and I have to say "wait a minute..."