The Pope v. Spain

I noticed the news today that the new Pope has stuck to the conservative persona we all have thought he would be. Granted, he's only been the pontiff for a few days. But, really: how often do you get to be the Pope?

Spain decided to pass a bill, which will soon become law, allowing homosexual marriage as well as the ability for homosexual couples to adopt. And the Pope condemned that? How dare he?

Well, I remember seeing some interviews with some Americans in the crowd at St. Peter's just after Ratzinger was announced as Benedict XVI. One lady said she was dissappointed. Her reason was the kicker for me. She wasn't unhappy because Ratzinger was a Nazi (a claim I have heard in passing), or that she wanted a younger Pope, or maybe an Italian, or a Latin American representative, even an African. She didn't even take the snobby position that the US should be a true superpower and control the highest seat in the Roman Catholic Church and desire an American Pope.

She was unhappy because "he's too conservative." You mean you don't want someone who will stick to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church as they are and have been for so long? You don't want someone to uphold the Church as a historic body? No, no. You want someone to tickle your ears with what you want to hear. I'm not a Roman Catholic, and I still find such an idea just plain sad. I'll have more later.