Sam Smith:
1. Pope Francis is 76 years old. That is just four years short of the the age limit Pope Paul VI set for cardinals even to be able to participate in choosing a pope. It seems likely that Pope Francis was elected as a transition pope, to give the church a little more time to get its act together.
2. Politico reports that "In the 2005 papal election, he was the runner-up, receiving 40 votes on the third ballot and losing to now-Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI."
3. Much has been made of the fact that Pope Francis comes from Latin America, hence ending the European domination of papcies. But not by much. Note Wikipedia: "Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, one of the five children of Mario José Bergoglio, a railway worker born in Portacomaro (Asti) in Italy's Piedmont
region, and his wife Regina María Sivori, a housewife born in Buenos
Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genovese) origin." The Vatican doesn't like to rush things.
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Pope Francis's views on world poverty and its causes seem to be in line with the views of the two previous popes - global capitalism is the culprit.
If that is correct, I think we should expect to see a continuation of the attacks on the Catholic Church by the capitalist mainstream media (mainly the pedophilia scandals, but also whatever other dirt they can find and magnify).
Concerning the reaction of the capitalist mainstream media mentioned in the March 15, 2013 at 9:13 AM comment, consider please this lead headline from the BBC today:
"Vatican denies Dirty War allegations against Pope"
will this leopard change it's spots?alas,NBL:
http://intellihub.com/2013/03/15/washingtons-pope-who-is-pope-francis-i-cardinal-jorge-mario-bergoglio-and-argentinas-dirty-war/
“Washington’s Pope”? Who is Pope Francis I? Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Argentina’s “Dirty War”
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
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