The Pope

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I think I am the only person on the planet who could care less about the Pope election (BREAKING NEWS: THE SMOKE IS WHITE!).  Maybe because I am not Catholic?  Maybe I am just tired of hearing about it.  The Evening News has dedicated the majority of its broadcast to the Pope situation since Pope Benedict's shocking resignation.  Last night they spent a good 25 minutes talking about seemingly insignificant details.  Everything from how they get the smoke signals to blow the right color smoke, what size red shoe will the new Pope wear, how the cardinals fold their secret ballot, a look down the sidewalk the cardinals will walk to get to the secret voting chamber.  WHO CARES?!?!?!  I'd rather see a debate amongst the contenders.  Can you imagine Martha Raddatz posing questions about birth control and gay rights to a group of Catholic Cardinals?  That would be interesting.

I certainly wish Pope Francis from Argentia the best.  My wish for the Church is that he will be a little more in touch with the issues of this century and more transparent about the scandalous church clergy.

Moving on...