Breaking News: Pope passes gas and it smells like roses.

[Jokerman]

An obvious miracle. Let the campaign for sainthood begin!

[skepticscott]

1. I'm sure it would

after it's been filtered by the Vatican PR department. They've orchestrated his first days very carefully to get people to overlook the fact that nothing substantial is going to change under his reign.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Bullshit!

[awoke_in_2003]

6. No, Papal Bull shit. nt

[nonoyes]

3. And the aroma will come back on Easter Sunday! n/t

[Ron Obvious]

4. He seems to be a foot fetishist too.

I'm always hearing about him washing feet these days.

Well, to each his own.

[Zoeisright]

5. Yeah, if only washing feet actually accomplished something.

Like feeding the poor, healing the sick, etc. You know, like that Jesus guy commanded us to do.

Which the Pope does NOT do, but sits on his piles of gold issuing bigoted statements.

[amuse bouche]

7. My son tells me

the religies are throwing conniptions because the pope

washed the feet of the lowly wimens

Doesn't he know they made up religion to keep them in their place?

[uriel1972]

8. I do get the feeling of carefully orchestrated PR campaign...

But I may be cynical