Friday, October 09, 2009

Not by the colour of his skin, but by...

...well, turns out it is by the colour of his skin we judge a man.
"...The election of a black pontiff would 'send a splendid signal to the world' about the universal Church." Wilton Gregory, President of the US Bishops' Conference.


Sorry Dr. King.

2 comments:

John said...

African bishopwise, I suppose if you're used to Mugabe, Adi Amin, and the Emperor Bokassa then BHO probably does look pretty good.

File under desperately looking for silver lining.

Cheers,

-John-

Dave said...

To be fair, I was hoping for Cardinal Arinze to be elected in 2005, but the Holy Spirit had the final word...