An odd conjunction of stories today. The big news, of course, is the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. As a practicing Catholic, I'm pleased to have a new leader of the church. I admit he's been portrayed as more conservative than I would prefer, but time will tell. His enrollment in the Hitler Youth as a child sounds horrible to me, but articles have indicated it was mandatory for boys then and that his family was anti-Nazi. I'm still trying to figure out how this pope fits in with St. Malachy's prediction that the pope after J.P. II would be born Jewish; it's why I thought the French cardinal would be selected. Again, time will tell.
After the news of the new pope, I noticed a story in the Chicago Tribune about an odd water stain image that to some appears to be the Virgin Mary.
I looked at the picture the paper showed. What concerned me was not the image but the grafitti nearby that said "Satan Loves." I have no idea which of those things occurred first, the man made words or the natural water stain, but it just seemed off.
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