On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:58:35 +0000, Mike Tomlinson
wrote:

In article , Andy
Burns writes

meanwhile for we interrupt the paint drying channel to
present you live chimney cam ...

And surprise, surprise, the old farts have elected an old fart as the
"spiritual" leader of 1.mumble billion Catholics.

What is a 76 year old man going to be able to do to revitalise the
church and deal with the never-ending stream of scandals: sexual
abusers, financial shenanigans at "God's bank", gay priests, rent boys
tripping in and out of the Vatican?


A lot of comments in the press seem to make a big thing of him coming
from South America , with both parents being Italian emigrants to
Argentina his background isn't that different from the previous ones
from Europe. If they had chosen someone whose background was
descended from the inhabitants of South America,Africa or Asia before
European colonisation it might be worth making a comment about it.

G.Harman