A Spectacular Choice

Sensibly the Conclave of Cardinals has maturely made the right decision and gone outside Europe and North America.

By Stanley Collymore

 

The Cardinals have spoken, their voices giving election

to a new Pope on whose shoulders the responsibility:

spiritually and ethically, of global Roman Catholicism

firmly rests. And amid the celebrations, and my own

congratulations, to the marked departure from the

Eurocentric manner in which most previous

Pontiffs were routinely elected, I say with

deep pride and unabashed admiration, in

relation to the papal elevation of this

humble, most worthy and Jesuit

Argentinian: “God bless and

counsel you Cardinal Jorge

Mario Bergogli;” now, of

course, Your Holiness

Pope Francis the First.

 

© Stanley V. Collymore

14 March 2013.