Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis wants 'poor Church for the poor' [View all]Beacool
(30,273 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 16, 2013, 12:15 PM - Edit history (1)
The new Pope's style is very different to that of his predecessor, BBC Vatican correspondent David Willey says.
He talks in simple, easy to understand terms about ethical values and shows a remarkable sense of humour, our correspondent says.
--------------
When he passed the crucial two-thirds threshold, his close friend, the Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes hugged him, kissed him and entreated: "Don't forget the poor!"
"And that word went in here," said the new Pope, pointing to his head.
I think that this Pope has good intentions, but will the entrenched Vatican bureaucracy allow him to reform the system? The politics at the Vatican are not that dissimilar from those in DC. Popes and presidents come and go, but there is a permanent class of bureaucrats that do not like change and will fight against it tooth and nail. Look at Obama, he wanted to be transformational. Well, reality smacked him in the butt. Will the same happen to this Pope? He doesn't have the Republicans to contend with, but he has a host of people who are the ones who really run the church and they will not be happy about his proposals.
I wish Pope Francis a lot of luck, he's going to need it.