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Let me assure you, George Pell can mix it with the best - and the worst.

He is politically and socially conservative, yet embraces all of God's children.

If he had not injured his knee in his youth, he would have been a top Australian footballer. Football's loss was the Catholic Church's gain.

He is strongly pro-life, has been attacked by the homosexual lobby for defending traditional Catholic values, and was a close friend and confidante of Australian orthodox Catholic activist B.A. Santamaria - the man largely responsible for keeping Labor out of Government for over twenty years.

PELL for POPE!!!

Sorry to say, I am not familiar with Cardinal Pell.

But on the issue of a new pope I must state - If the Pope isn't conservative, then who will be?

what I mean is, the balance needed in today's world can only be maintained if there is a Pope who is strongly conservative. We are all prone to be lax by nature, and suffer from our wont to justify our own inability to deny ourselves of pleasures- or allow others to do the same. If the rules are too easy morality is the looser in the game of life.

Conservatism, and the moral values it imposes gives us standards to live by. We may not agree with them such as: the good Catholics who practice birth control measures that are disapproved by the Church. However, it is our choice to do so, with full knowledge of the fact that such is not approved. But, it does give us the standard, and without the high standard, all would be chaos. The Papacy must be on the opposite side of the swinging pendulum from those who would allow undisciplined behavior. Somewhere in the middle is where most people usually find themselves. Thus, the balance.

He is strongly pro-life, has been attacked by the homosexual lobby for defending traditional Catholic values, and was a close friend and confidante of Australian orthodox Catholic activist B.A. Santamaria - the man largely responsible for keeping Labor out of Government for over twenty years.

That would be more like 10 years wouldn't it?

When I was in Australia in '93-'94, Paul Keating was the Labor Prime Minister.

If memory serves, he was defeated in '96.