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Apr. 20th, 2005 12:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bzarcherHappy birthday, Becca!
Re: the world events -
Benedict XVI will probably be a transition pope, and one who, I suspect, will not be able to rock the boat all that much in either direction. We'll see, I could be surprised, but I'm doubting he'll last more than 5 years. He's conservative enough to make the hardline happy, but I suspect he's mostly going to finish out JPII's policy book, probably write a few more pages, and then die or abdicate.
Or, maybe he'll play a giant game of pope-a-dope with us all, and we'll be surprised and enlightened, one way or the other.
But how am I supposed to take him totally seriously when he looks like Ian McDiarmid?
Re: the world events -
Benedict XVI will probably be a transition pope, and one who, I suspect, will not be able to rock the boat all that much in either direction. We'll see, I could be surprised, but I'm doubting he'll last more than 5 years. He's conservative enough to make the hardline happy, but I suspect he's mostly going to finish out JPII's policy book, probably write a few more pages, and then die or abdicate.
Or, maybe he'll play a giant game of pope-a-dope with us all, and we'll be surprised and enlightened, one way or the other.
But how am I supposed to take him totally seriously when he looks like Ian McDiarmid?
