The Yank Is Coming! …. Is He? …. Really?

 “Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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I wrote a short post last week called “Gandolfo, And Step On It”  about the power struggle within the Vatican and the real paedophilia and money laundering reasons that Pope Benedict resigned. 

Latest report emanating from Rome say that the power struggle is continuing. 

Not only that, but an American, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, is in the running, so to speak. 

Apparently while the Italian mob within the Curia — which is the influential Vatican bureaucracy — favor Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Scherer as the new Pope because they believe they could control him, numerous other reform-minded Cardinals want an independent Pope not beholden to the bureaucrats in any way.

Not so long ago even the idea that an American could become Pope was once thought to be so outlandish that it was dismissed out of hand.

But the world has changed dramatically for the Roman Catholic Church and new circumstances have arisen which make it plausible for an American to become the new papa.

It is still very much an outside chance but it is interesting that Cardinal Dolan has even a potential shot at the title.

So place your bets now folks!

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan doing his Superman impression, he will be if he wins!

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Gandolfo, And Step On It!

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

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No, this post has nothing to do with The Lord Of The Rings, this is about Papal rings and the fact that the general public are, yet again, being fed a string of lies and deceit by the powers that be.

Don’t you hate it when people lie to you, and you know they are lying to you, and they continue to lie anyway?

Pope Benedict has resigned right enough, that part seems to be true, but not because of ill health or because he is senile or any of the other excuses offered to the public.

In fact since the shock resignation announcement the truth has seldom if ever raise it’s little head.

Until now.

Now we are finding out that Benedict’s resignation really has to do with a frantic power struggle within the Vatican, and about scandals related to money-laundering via the Vatican’s IOR bank, and a gay sex ring among the Cardinals.

Can a younger man do what Benedict couldn’t and sort out the obvious mess that exists? Only time will tell. But it makes for an interesting election and tough time ahead for whoever gets the white smoke.

In the meantime the Holy See it seems is all at sea. 

Pope Benedict’s retreat, Castel Gandolfo, about 15 miles southest of Rome in the Alban Hills.

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