I had no idea.

And thus cannot be Pope.

(This notion tickles me, since Vatican City ought to have a birthrate of about zero.)

He's definitely not from Alabama or Georgia.

And economic fairness is SO unchristian....

Is the Pope simply an appointment, or is he chosen through the influences of the God he will speak for?

Pope Frank is talking comfortably more populist than Obama usually does when not in campaign mode, and I'm sure he means it. Obama did come off surprisingly populist in that last speech but...with his other hand he's still all in on the corporate total power grab that is the TPP. Oh and making it known to Elizabeth Warren that he was not happy that she dared to ask some tough questions of his bankster Wall Street friends.

Hillary has been talking more lefty lately, but watch that other hand.

As for the Pope - I applaud him but worry about his well being.

Ever notice how all the bedsheet racists have been crawling out from under their rocks since, oh, I don't know, around Jan. 20, 2009 at noon EST? Well, the same thing is happening with Catholic-hating Know-Nothings because of Francis.

DUers argue against the newest Pope. In fact I've noticed all the usual suspects infecting Pope Francis threads with their RW crap. So if he's pissing off a tea bagger he's doing the right thing.