The entire, and I mean entire, news was dedicated to him yesterday. They even ran an extended version to make sure they got the announcement and the blessing!
Yeah, I find it ridiculous too: people were crying, punching the air, as if some great event had just taken place. I suppose from the point of view of practicing Catholics, the pope is God's representative on Earth, the highest position in the Catholic Church, and with the stepping down of Pope Nazi there woudl have been worry about who was going to take over. Sometimes these things take a long time and while there's no pope I guess people feel they're without a leader, not that he leads much.
It's pretty pathetic. It's like people can't think for themselves without a pope. A better idea would have been to have elected no one and told people to look after their own lives and follow their own hearts, but sure, people can't do that can they?
How long now to another scandal, I wonder?
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