IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT THIS PAST WEEK OR SO TO AVOID A BARRAGE OF SPECULATION SURROUNDING THE ELECTION OF A NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC POPE WHEN TRYING TO ACCESS CURRENT NEWS, BOTH WORLDWIDE AND LOCAL. NOW THANKFULLY THE CORONATION IS OVER AND SOON WE CAN REVERT TO THE USUAL DIET OF SEX ABUSE AND FINANCIAL ABUSE SCANDALS WITH A CATHOLIC FLAVOR. THE SPECULATION HAS BEEN INTENSE AND HAS COVERED MUCH TRIVIA IN ITS EFFORT TO PREDICT THE DIRECTION OF THE CHURCH UNDER ITS NEW LEADER BUT THERE IS SOMETHING I PERSONALLY FIND VERY SIGNIFICANT WHICH HAS SO FAR BEEN COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED — THE FACT THAT THE NEW PONTIFF PREFERS BOXER SHORTS. THIS I FIND DEEPLY IMPRESSIVE AND TO ME IT INDICATES A SHARP BREAK WITH THE PAST, A BREAK WITH TRADITION WHICH SUGGESTS THE CHURCH WILL SHORTLY BE UNRECOGNIZABLE TO OLDER MEMBERS OF THE FAITHFUL, A BREAK WHICH SUGGESTS THAT IN FUTURE THE CHURCH WILL NO LONGER BE AN ASSEMBLAGE OF CYNICAL AND AMBITIOUS INSIDER INVESTORS AND HYPOCRITICAL MISOGYNIST PATRIARCHAL CHILD MOLESTERS AND THEIR CRIMINAL APOLOGISTS, A CHURCH VAINLY DEDICATED TO STOPPING THE FLOW OF REASON, TO STOPPING THE CRITICAL PASSAGE OF MANKIND FROM AN IGNORANT AND SUPERSTITIOUS PAST TOWARD AN OPENLY INCLUSIVE, INTELLIGENT FUTURE.
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