Popapalooza

Don’t get me wrong, I think the Pope is a nice old fellow.  Whether he’s worth hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars, to facilitate his visiting and lecturing us on Catholic initiatives that we already knew about – well I’m not sure about that.  I found his speech to the congress especially useless.  Since he shares views with both Democrats and Republicans,  he represents a one-man gridlock.  Pro-immigration and prison reform, acknowledging climate change, support for poor and middle class people (democrats).  Yet at the same time anti-gay, anti-women, 100% against divorce and birth control (republicans).   Is this really a unifying voice – or just a sweet but confused old grandpa who likes to kiss babies?  One thing’s for sure, he puts a more positive face on the Catholic church – which has recently been exposed as a decadent, pedophile-enabling old boy’s club.  Most modern Catholics admit, they are more “Cathnostic” than committed.