One of the Cardinals was thinking of voting for the guy the boss does not want.

I've never understood the need to bling up the man who is supposed to be Christ's representative on earth.

I wonder how different things would have been, had John Paul I survived the Vatican. He seemed to be a humble and progressive man.

money given to help the poor...spent on rings and furs and silk.

Proof of their true intent.

Does she have any say in the matter?

And I so agree.

I left the Catholic church decades ago, before my marriage and my children. I never looked back.

:0) One of those are mine!

You are a sweetheart, and no mistake...

Don't tell anyone. I like to think I'm a tiger.

Not to worry...your secret is safe with me...

I feel the same.

But I don't have your hope about any healing within the organization. They are proud of their refusal to change, and they are too entrenched in their abuse of countless groups of people (children, women, gay people) to be able to heal any time soon.

I do, though, still and always, love the nuns on the bus.

THey work for good, live a pretty bare life, and they share everything they can. No firs, silks and bling for those lady.

Ratzinger--from the first time I saw him, I felt...repelled. I haven't had a reaction like that to many people. Putin maybe.