Tuesday, April 19, 2005
New Pope, the guy from Cheers!
So we elected a new Pope. So much for all that crap that the fastest way a Cardinal can take themselves out of the running is to campaign. We heard Cardinal Ratzenburg(er) had 50 votes going into the conclave.I have a lot of respect of the office of Pope, but this guy is 78. . .can we say "rebound" Pope?!?! I have a feeling this conclave was a dry-run for a conclave to elect someone else later on down the road.The guy elected is from Germany and was briefly a member of the Hitler/Nazi youth. He says that he didn't want to join as a teen, but that membership was compulsory. RRIIGHHTT. I didn't mean to do a lot of things in my life but I did them anyway. There comes a time when you either take a stand or you sit back. He sat back. To me, it sends a message that the Catholic Church is not interested in reconciling their role in WWII and with the Jews.I'm disappointed by his selection . . . and I'm Jewish.
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