Fuhreakee!

Okay.. so like.. what the fuck are they doing? The popeula seems to be digging it, whatever it is.



You totally have to dig his skirt.. but the colors are just so 70's, aren't they? I don't think I've ever seen a green pointy hat before. It's not a very good picture, but I suspect the priest is really cute.

The author of the blog I yanked that from commented thus:

Our pundit then focused on Sodano's headgear, saying as if he were the celebrant, "Don't look at my mouth -- look at the Bobbing Jesus; he's doing the talking."

The bouquet of flowers on one side of the altar and candles on the other end didn't go over so well, either. Apparently, in the first edition of the General instruction on the Roman Missal, flowers on the altar table were banned. But, we're told, because the Italians just kept doing it anyway, the practice was formally sanctioned in the 2003 GIRM -- much like the practice of bishops wearing their pectoral crosses over their chasubles.

Even though Sodano's cord was under the vestment, the absence of a dalmatic (and the MC's apparent lack of aecumen at adjusting the sliding bezels of the cross-cord) made the bauble fly out of the low neck of the chasuble.

Not pretty at all. Then again, St. Peter had the best pectoral cross among the apostles, so it's a fitting reminder.

By the way.. the Swiss guard (security for the vatican) had a 500 year aniversary recently. Can you imagine that? 500 freaking years! Apparently the Pope made sure they had a big celebration and all that. Not surprising considering the Swiss guard knows where all the bodies are buried, quite literally. Imagine if they wrote a "tell all" book? I haven't bought a book in ages, but I'd run out to get that post haste. It would be like reading porn.

I did a bit of checking, and the priest in the pointy hat is actually very high in the church.. Cardinal and all that. He's spearheading the charge to turn the previous pope into an instant saint, bypassing all that messy church stuff.. and actually having to do some sort of miracle.

But.. you know.. the previous pope was responsible for making sure that poor Africans did not have access to condoms, therefore contracting AIDS and dying.

They care not for your life, but their own power and the nutty ideas about how they think you should live. Why everyone seems to think the last pope was a saint is beyond me. He surpervised the child rape scandal for god's sake.

I suppose it's human nature to want heros, eh? If there isn't a real one to be found, lets just use our marketing skills to brand one!