VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|HarryR|DATE|1363259026|CONTENT|@David Harper 

[blockquote]Frankie may have some skeletons in his cupboard too, just like his pal Benny.[/blockquote]

The RCC has always supported the far-right regimes and such regimes have supported the RCC. This won&#039;t be a problem for him.

He just has to hope no smoking bimbo turns up with a kiss &#039;n&#039; tell in the tabloids. Or I suppose a smoking choir-boy or Swiss guard would be the probable context.

Just for the record I think the whole white smoke / black smoke thing is organised theatre for the masses. The world&#039;s media is focused on the chimney and needs something to broadcast. The RCC is a large, influential and wealthy organisation owned by factions interacting in complex ways rather than shareholders. It is not plausible that they nowadays select their leadership, with allegedly absolute powers conferred on an individual, in this farcical way.

It is also truly shocking that the contemporaneous imposition of a huge fine on the RCC in the USA relating to the official cover-up of sexual abuse of children by priests barely got a mention in comparison to the media wank-fest of chimney watching and footage of excited crowds agog to hear the announcement of who was going to be the next person to tell them what to think.|IP-ADDRESS|178.19.210.162|MODERATIONFLAG|