by Anura Guruge
on March 17, 2024
As you can see I did a post on this nearly 2-years ago! But, I still come across skeptics.
Yes, for over a decade I was in the FOREFRONT of those saying ‘No U.S. Pope’. But, that was then, and this is NOW.
The problem used to be the ‘Eastern White House‘ & the ‘Western Vatican‘, i.e., an American as Pope (in the Vatican) & a Catholic as U.S. President in Washington, D.C.
Well, John F. Kennedy, in 1961, overcame the first hurdle, i.e., a Catholic as U.S. President. We have now had a second, the current president ‘Joe Biden‘. So, that part of the problem, ‘Western Vatican’, is no longer a concern.
And now in 2024 the World (and with that many of the Cardinal Elector (Kenya’s shameless ‘John (Idi) Njue‘ always the exception) appreciates that U.S. is not the absolute Superpower it was once seen as being. Ukraine, Gaza, NATO, etc. have illustrated that there is theory and practice. Plus, there is also now China and to a lesser extent India. A U.S. Pope will not be seen as adding EXTRA clout to the power wielded by the U.S.
Simple as that.
