[oldvirginian]

With apologies to any Catholics in the house, but, the Pope is a dope.
Or smoking dope.
Or ill.
Or just plain frigging crazy.

[Steve_Seattle]

"With apologies to any Catholics in the house, but, the Pope is a dope."

He's a Jesuit, and they are typically highly-educated, but he does not seem very bright. I think it was reported that he hasn't watched television in 30 years, and maybe that partly explains why he seems almost totally blind to the decadence of modern culture.