[Netizen]

You didn't write the following?

To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Wow--picking a Catholic from an Islamic country would be the modern equivalent of JPII's selection as a democracy-lover from a communist country. It would also give the church a clear direction in confrontation between the Judeo-Christian tradition versus post-terrorist Islam.

And the reference to olives cannot be denied.

106 posted on 04/03/2005 1:14:08 AM EST by MHT

[Babu]

Prior to the late Pope, there was 455 years of uninterrupted Italian popes.

Me figures their thoughts are "OK, we gave you furuhners a shot at it for a while, now we're takin' it back, thank you very much ..."

My money is on a an aged Italian (pope, not wine).