New Pope: Same Snake, New Skin

The election of Pope Francis to head the most obsolescent, bloody, repressive institution in human history is all sound and fury, signifying nothing. While individual Catholics may be fine people, the church itself is an instrument of repressive conservatism. In particular, its teachings on birth control lead to nothing short of ecological disaster. There are far too many people on earth and the Catholic hierarchy encourages more and more. That alone, sex scandals, etc. aside, makes the church dangerous and irrelevant. It is a dinosaur with a voracious appetite for power. Until it changes its stance on birth control, it remains an evil force in the world.