Wednesday, March 13, 2013

We Appear to Have a New Pope

Well, that was quick.

Name to be announced later today.

[Later]  Well, it's later.  It's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is taking the name Francis.  Yes, after St. Francis Xavier of Assisi (My mistake.).  He's from Argentina.

2 comments:

Daisy Deadhead said...

Its a good sign, the name Francis! (I choose optimism!)

D. said...

Optimism it is. Tempered by experience. May he remember that the Lord hears the cry of the poor (although I understand that Francis is no stranger to responding to the needs of the poor).

Meanwhile, I have got to stop seeing "Habemus papam," and thinking of funny alternates. Like "Habemus papadum" (we have Indian flatbread) or worse, "Habemus pop-up" (we have advertising).