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?

VIDEO: What You Need to Know About the Falkland Islands and Obama.

What You Need to Know About the Falkland Islands and Obama.HT: Heritage.By Luke Coffey.When the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands, a small British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, go to the polls this weekend to determine their future relationship with the United Kingdom, their voices will fall on deaf ears in Washington, D.C.
Instead of backing British sovereignty over the Falklands and the right of the islanders to determine their own future, the United States has sided with Argentina by supporting its repeated calls for a negotiated settlement over the islands.

To make matters worse, the U.S. State Department has refused to say that it will recognize the outcome of the upcoming referendum. This policy plays right into the hands of Argentina and makes a mockery of the Anglo–American Special Relationship.


When the Falkland Islanders go to the polls, it will be a historic opportunity to express, in a clear and democratic way, their right to self-determination—a principle on which America was founded and in which most Americans believe. It is shocking to think that President Obama, the leader of the free world, would not back the freedom of the Falkland Islanders.