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<DIV>But, without the charisma that JP2 undeniably had. My understanding is that outside of Bavaria the Rat is not very popular - and first indications are that he is not particulary popular in North America either. This guy is a Vatican insider (like the last two Piuses were) and unlike all the Popes since Pius XII. This suggests that the College of Cardinals has become so large (110+ members) as to be unwieldy that the curia is able to exert an unduly large influence upon it. The Rat is certainly worldly wise after a fashion, so there probably won't be a revival of Pio NoNo's Syllabus of errors, but given his prior track record - one can only shudder. Steve</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> Just great. JP2's thuggish attitude to personal <BR>> morality with none of his humanity. The world sucks. <BR>> <BR>> Nu, zayats, pogodi! <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> __________________________________ <BR>> Do you Yahoo!? <BR>> Make Yahoo! your home page <BR>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs <BR>> ___________________________________ <BR>> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>