NP...but we remember him on charisma and Work

[rich]

and he's a fucking Jesuit

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:56 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/new-pope-saint-francis-031313
>
> "Most important, he's 76-years old which means, quite honestly, that the
> man's a caretaker, or that there is a real faction within the
> cardinal-electors arrayed against the idea of very long papacies on the
> order of that of John Paul II.
> [...]
> The longer a pope reigns, the more indelible a mark he puts on the Church,
> and it is possible — probably likely — that the Curial members of the Clan
> Of The Red Beanie once again hedged their bets. The likelihood of this crew
> electing a real reformer was slim enough anyway — Thanks to the last two
> popes, there weren't many real reformers in the room — but it is possible
> that the papacy could change a man from a safe bet to a guy who would
> inconvenience the power of the institutional church, so better to vote for
> a guy with the actuarial tables lined up against him."
>
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