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Choosing a Pope – White Smoke and Mirrors

Argus title : It’s time to break from the past

We are beset by election fever – or at least a small rise in temperature in the body politic. We are preparing ourselves to go to the polls and elect our new government.

And yet, the direction our country will take over the next few years has already largely been determined by an election in which we could take no part – that of the US President.

Another imminent election in which we can play no part is that of the new Pope. It may seem to non-Catholics that this is unlikely to affect their lives, but the contrary is true. Continue reading