{"id":1384,"date":"2005-04-19T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2005-04-19T19:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=1384"},"modified":"2005-04-19T20:09:14","modified_gmt":"2005-04-20T01:09:14","slug":"always_the_card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/19\/always_the_card\/","title":{"rendered":"Always a bridesmaid, never a bride"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/A>\"\"<\/A>When Dias<\/A> turns into nights… Ratz! Cardinal Ivan Dias, the Mumbai mandarin, is outpolled by the Frankish Pope<\/A>:<\/P>\n

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope today, taking the name Benedict XVI, then telling a wildly cheering crowd from a balcony on St. Peter’s Basilica, “I entrust myself to your prayers.”<\/BLOCKQUOTE>\n

Rediff<\/A> isn’t ready to bury the hatchet just yet:<\/P>\n

He is known as ‘the Pope’s enforcer’ due to his uncompromising conservatism… Ratzinger was head of… the church’s chief think-tank that has dominated discussions on sexual morality and birth control and prevented liberals from gaining ground.<\/BLOCKQUOTE>\n

Got that? An Indian<\/EM> publication’s chiding the Vatican for being too conservative.<\/P>\n

On balance, it’s a good thing that Dias didn’t prevail. The cardinals’ traditional cry of ‘habemus papam,’ or ‘we have a Pope,’ might have been changed to ‘habemus papad<\/A>,’ or ‘we have a crispy pre-meal appetizer.’<\/P>\n

Here’s Ennis’ post<\/A> on the blasphemous betting.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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