He was the most un-pope of modern popes (after the Italian Renaissance.) But, still, somehow the College of Cardinals are going to copulate-up the selection process.
I don't care either other than his politics were far leftist. It only matters because like it or not the Catholic church still has a lot of influence. Hopefully the next Pope will at least be a little closer to the center. I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for that though. -swj
I’ve lived through seven of them. You could put the guy who does my taxes in the office and it wouldn’t matter much. Except I’d need to go to Rome for my 1040
From the opposite side, I am a Christian and I don't particularly care that the Pope died. Obligatory, "of course, every death is a painful tragedy for someone."
I'm not Roman Catholic. I won't be attending the pope's funeral, nor watching it on TV. But I want to go on the record to say I highly approve of it. From everything I've seen and heard during his tenure, both the world and the Roman Catholic Church are better off without him. There's even a pretty good argument for the fact that, like many of his predecessors, no one need worry about running into him in Heaven. And whatever idiot decreed that US flags ought to be lowered to half mast in his honor should be flogged around the fleet for that idiocy. With an actual cat-o-nine tails, with lead balls on the ends of the tassels. Even if that person lives in the White House. The pope was not an American. If the Vatican wants to lower the papal flag to half mast, that's their lookout. But there are guys who died in rice paddies more deserving of the honor than any pope who ever lived. And I would have remained happily ignorant of his transition, if only news traveled as slowly now as it did 2000 years ago, and equally indifferent to hearing that news a month or two hence. Frankly, I'm more concerned with the hockey scores, and I don't even follow hockey at all.
The mantra of The Old Guard at Arlington sums it up best: "Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust. Let's bury this guy, And get back on the bus."
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He was the most un-pope of modern popes (after the Italian Renaissance.) But, still, somehow the College of Cardinals are going to copulate-up the selection process.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, who really cares?
I don't care either other than his politics were far leftist. It only matters because like it or not the Catholic church still has a lot of influence. Hopefully the next Pope will at least be a little closer to the center. I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for that though.
ReplyDelete-swj
I’ve lived through seven of them. You could put the guy who does my taxes in the office and it wouldn’t matter much. Except I’d need to go to Rome for my 1040
ReplyDeleteFrom the opposite side, I am a Christian and I don't particularly care that the Pope died. Obligatory, "of course, every death is a painful tragedy for someone."
ReplyDeleteI'm not Roman Catholic.
ReplyDeleteI won't be attending the pope's funeral, nor watching it on TV.
But I want to go on the record to say I highly approve of it.
From everything I've seen and heard during his tenure, both the world and the Roman Catholic Church are better off without him.
There's even a pretty good argument for the fact that, like many of his predecessors, no one need worry about running into him in Heaven.
And whatever idiot decreed that US flags ought to be lowered to half mast in his honor should be flogged around the fleet for that idiocy. With an actual cat-o-nine tails, with lead balls on the ends of the tassels.
Even if that person lives in the White House.
The pope was not an American.
If the Vatican wants to lower the papal flag to half mast, that's their lookout.
But there are guys who died in rice paddies more deserving of the honor than any pope who ever lived.
And I would have remained happily ignorant of his transition, if only news traveled as slowly now as it did 2000 years ago, and equally indifferent to hearing that news a month or two hence. Frankly, I'm more concerned with the hockey scores, and I don't even follow hockey at all.
The mantra of The Old Guard at Arlington sums it up best:
"Ashes to ashes,
Dust to dust.
Let's bury this guy,
And get back on the bus."