Yahoo! News - Germany’s Cardinal Ratzinger Elected Pope

Today is not a particularly good day for the forces of moderation, inclusivity, or progressivism in the Catholic Church. Luckily the Catholics can now turn away from the wacky liberal theology of JPII. Perhaps we will see a resurgence of the auto da fe, or perhaps a new German Inquisition.

Although the man is 78, so I don’t think we will have to wait an enormously long time to do this all over again.

My husband and I had this blog chat:

alan: OMG
alan: Rat-zinger
briansp: oh no
briansp: well, he’s 78
alan: Yeah…
alan: Cardinal Panzer.
alan: I’m glad they decided to turn away from the liberal theology of Pope John Paul II
briansp: I said as much in my blog.
alan: Yeah.
alan: The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith used to have a different name…
alan: The Inquisition.
alan: yay!
alan: :P
briansp: yes.
briansp: Ya! Heil! No one ekxzpetz ze German Inkvisition!
alan: Indeed.
briansp: Vould you like a Lowenbrau before we render judgement?
alan: Their primary weapon is fear. Und das blitzkreig.
briansp: Unt a fanatical devotion to ze poop.
briansp: unt those tiny little hot dogs in a can. Dey are so yummy!