Francis is starting to actually do something tangible. He sacked 4 of the 5 cardinals who oversee the Vatican bank, less than one year into their five year term. That's gotta be a slap in the face.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/pope-bank-idUSL5N0KP24120140115

Imagine for a moment, our safe, quiet communities in Grey and Bruce counties have been transported half way around the world and dropped right into the Middle East. And just for the sake of conversation, let’s say we are now in Syria.

Our cities are not safe or quiet any more, but torn by an internal civil war. Families have lost relatives when the government or somebody used chemical weapons on innocent civilians. The dead are buried, but the pain lives on.

The following was published in The Onion yesterday:

[quote=The Onion]

Habemus papem Franciscum.

               With these words intoned by the by the senior Cardinal Deacon from the Balcony of St. Peters Basilica in Rome last week, the world learned the name of the latest faith leader. White smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel told the world a choice had been made. The final step was to introduce him to the faithful and to the world.