Thursday, March 14, 2013

Pope Francis I: "May God forgive you for what you've done!".



New Pope cracks jokes, pays his own bills.HT: SunNewsNetwork. VATICAN CITY - Like anyone nearing the end of a business trip, Jorge Bergoglio's morning routine Thursday involved picking up his own luggage and heading to the front desk where he paid his own bill.

Of course, Bergoglio ended his business trip to the Vatican this week with a monster promotion: He's now Pope Francis.

On Wednesday, Vatican officials made a special point of telling the 5,600 journalists in town this week several anecdotes that underlined the humble, everyday, workman-like approach Pope Francis immediately established in his first few hours on his new job."He was concerned about giving a good example of what bishops and priests should do," Vatican spokesman Father Thomas Rosica said.

At dinner Wednesday night, for example, the cardinals that had just elected him after five rounds of voting raised their glasses in a toast to the new pontiff. He toasted right back, "May God forgive you for what you've done!" The line cracked everyone up. 

The Vatican has a term for these first few days of a pope's reign: The Days of Surprise. And, indeed, so far, that's just what they are.Hmmmm....Now he's pope will he continue to support Argentina's claim on the Falkland Islands, as he has done in the past?

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