Benedict XVI

[arisbe]

The Romans have a new Pope. What this means for my own Church remains to be seen.

JP II and Cardinal Ratzinger were a team, the good cop and the bad cop, when, by all reports, the good cop role would suit Ratzinger's private character better. If he can make the transition from sheepdog to shepherd, my friends on the right will be seriously disappointed.

But let me state for the record that I am personally prejudiced in favor of Bavarians.

Comments

[joffridus.livejournal.com]

they have better beer, too

Doesn't take much, does it?

*snort*

[uncreatedlight.livejournal.com]

Would our gracious host permit a beer rant? O_o

Heh. As a general rule, North American beers aren't very good. We have some high quality microbreweries, to be sure. But the stuff that comes out of Milwaukee and St. Louis is, um, less than stellar.

Bavarian beers are very close in character to the lovely beverages that flow from the British Isles.

Re: *snort*

[joffridus.livejournal.com]

Ah. How pleasant it is to trace one's heritage to such a "green and pleasant land."

You know the Monty Python joke about American beer, right?

Re: *snort*

[uncreatedlight.livejournal.com]

Uh, if it is one of their cleaner jokes, sure, I'd love to hear it.

Re: *snort*

[joffridus.livejournal.com]

It's not. So I won't repeat it.