VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Graham|DATE|1360661093|CONTENT|Did anyone listen to the debate afterwards, with O&#039;Connor and two others?  

One speaker seemed to hit the nail on the head when he forecast that the next pope would be another arch-conservative (because both Ratzy and his predecessor have promoted so many Ratzy-clones as cardinals) and he&#039;d be the last pope-as-we-know-it because there would be an explosion caused by the ever widening gap between the Vatican and the lay faithful.

The interviewer then attempted to pin O&#039;Connor down on the new pope&#039;s probable attitude to contraception, but just got a b*ll sh*t answer about it all being about the family.  As the above speaker said, ordinary Catholics take no notice of the church&#039;s rulings on contraceptives, the hierarchy is aware of this but neither side mentions the dissonance.  Classic &#039;elephant in the room&#039; stuff.

I believe Gorgeous George was made a cardinal recently.  Does he stand a chance do you think?|IP-ADDRESS|95.148.123.125|MODERATIONFLAG|