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Here we go again.  With the anointing of the new Pope, we are all expected to believe that some great changes are about to happen in the Catholic Church.  Sorry, particularly because I’m not a Catholic, I just don’t see it happening.  Just look at the average age of the Cardinals.  Talk about being an old boys club!!!  Now, I don’t begrudge Catholics all the ceremony, platitudes and admiration surrounding this most recent anointment.  However, when it comes to the really important issues of the Twenty-First Century and the past history of the church, very little is about to change that would satisfy most modern societies.  Thank God for the clear division between church and state.  If anything, I would hope that the Catholic church will at least demonstrate a little more tolerance, both within and without.  Maybe even share a bit of its enormous wealth with the poor.  Or is that asking too much?

Posted in Religion, The Pope

Tags: Catholic Church, Pope Francis, the Pope