[TXFireman]

"I think the Catholic church may do a knee jerk after this Pope passes and choose a liberal as the next Pope. This will be (if it happens) a harbinger of future major disruptions within the Catholic family and may well make the prophesies of the end of the church as it is now known a reality."

I could not agree more.

[gilliam]

I could not disagree more :)

The next pope will be traditional, not progressive. The forces that want to move the Church to a more secular state are the ones behind the pedophilia scandal. The long term solution will be to go back to Catholic roots, to the traditional. I think the current voting Cardinals know this.