[Gamecock]

Who decides? Are you more Catholic than the countless Catholics who agree with and adore him? What makes your stance right and theirs wrong?

I mean he is trained in the church and was elected by Cardinals who we have been told are guided by the Holy Spirit when locked up in The Vatican.

Was the Holy Spirit on vacation the day Francis was elected?

[metmom]

I mean he is trained in the church and was elected by Cardinals who we have been told are guided by the Holy Spirit when locked up in The Vatican.

I remember asking some time ago, if the Holy spirit guided the college of cardinals in their selection of the new pope and don't ever recall getting a clear or definitive answer.

[Mrs. Don-o]

This should help:

#93