Catholic liberals are facing some hard choices

WHAT a surprise... it wasn’t a surprise. God’s Rottweiler has become God’s German Shepherd. The man who went in as Pope has come out as Pope.
Catholic liberals are facing some hard choices

Benedict is the only Pope who was wanted by believers and non-believers alike.

Believers wanted him because he would maintain ultra-conservative traditional family values and give those liberals a well deserved kicking. Non-believers wanted him for the exact same reason in the hope that he will scare the daylights out of moderates, make them leave the church in disgust and add to the growing numbers of non-believers.

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