White Smoke
April 19th, 2005 at 8:24 am (General)
We have a new Pope!
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I was surprised by how relieved and happy I was to see the news. I suppose I am still a Catholic at heart. It’s like being Irish or Italian for me. I don’t hold the passport, but I feel a connection.
I was in a conference call when I got the news. I couldn’t pull up CNN.com…every Catholic in America was probably trying to hit it all at once! I had to go to msnbc.com to find out Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is now Pope Benedict XVI. He’s German, 78 years old. I thought they’d go for an Italian if they chose a Eruopean. I’m interested to see how things will change. Will he be as well loved as John Paul II, as good at reaching out and connecting? That man was a hard act to follow, as Popes go.
steph said,
April 19, 2005 at 11:34 am
… he’s 78, not 87
you had me for a second, I thought wow! they elected someone even older then the last one, but alas he’s 78. Still pretty damn near dead if you ask me.
Sparkle said,
April 19, 2005 at 12:46 pm
Woops! I’ll fix that. Thanks.
I suppose that’s what I get for multi-tasking.