New Pope Chosen

Well, it is offiicial, and the Catholic Church has officially chosen the new Pope. It is easily the worst choice for English-speakers in terms of opening up for ridiculing his name: Joseph RATzinger who is now Pope BENEDICT XVI. But it appears that it is a move for continuity with JP2, as the German Cardinal was formerly the last pope's doctrinal advisor. Not much chance of a change in church law to allow prists to marry, nor to allow the ordination of women, nor the marrriage of homosexuals. This is a good thing. The church - whether Protestant or Catholic - is supposed to be an institution that believes in absolutes that don't change with time.