Wisdom Quarterly
Don't cry for me, Argentina. I was the first runner up, and now I will be a saint (catholicfire)
St. Francis of Assisi spoke with the animals.
San Francisco, the Holy See, and Bueno Aires are all ecstatic. Habemos papum, which roughly translates from the Latin as, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Il Papa, or "The Daddy," has been selected from the New World, German-saturated Argentina. He is the first pope from the Americas but, sadly, not from Brazil, the largest Catholic country in the world.
Pope Francis I (in pink), Issa on right (msnbc)
He immediately broke with tradition and chose the name "Francis." Because he is a Jesuit, it is more likely that he is referencing Francis Xavier rather than the much beloved Mahayana bodhisattva, San Francisco (Saint Francis). At 76 he is rather old and conservative opposing gay marriage and, one assumes, women in general
We were expecting "Peter the Roman" (Petrus Romanus) in accordance with St. Malachy's prophesies, but that may yet find a way to become evident and for this to be the final pope. WomensOrdination.org may be disappointed that he, the Church's "Holy Father" as Zeus' representative on Earth, was selected. But his selection should not have come as a surprise given that he came in second place in the last (s)election process.
The Vatican, Inc. knows what it's doing... and that is generally not the bidding of the people, the poor, the children, or the celestial spheres. On the upside, Francis I may be more open to Liberation Theology.
L.A. Archdiocese agrees to millions in settlement over sex abuse
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Latin Jorge is the new pope of 1.2 billion Catholics (NPR)
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina elected pope