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And so it begins. On March 3, I predicted the following:

‘Church changing big time,’ says Cardinal Dolan
Sunday, March 03, 2013 12:40:31 PM · 11 of 41
Dr. Thorne to NYer

The next Pope will be the Catholic Obama. He will:

- claim he is all things to all people
- be seen as a great uniter
- be seen as a necessary change agent
- elicit the kind of worship seen among Obama adorers.

He will have a worldwide honeymoon of six months media adoration after which he will begin his real work of turning Catholicism into the religious equivalent of Progressivism. Then, he will:

- soften the church's stance on abortion (Not yet)
- embrace homosexual marriage (This is the beginning)
- endorse the redistribution of wealth (His constant trumpeting of concern for the poor is setting the stage for this)
- decry all military action (Coming Soon!)
- loudly proclaim ecumenism as the road to world peace. (This is the Catholic solution to all the world's ills)

He will be a lamb who speaks like a dragon.

The Pope will:

- soften the church's stance on abortion (Never)
- embrace homosexual marriage (Never)
- endorse the redistribution of wealth (via extending dependency on the State? Never)
- decry all military action (via denying the natural right of self defense? Never)
- loudly proclaim ecumenism as the road to world peace. (maybe friendship with YOU --- though perhaps not all would venture so far)

I, for one, hope we can continue this interfaith dialog here --- though I wish it could be better founded on a basis of reason and good will, and our common discipleship in Christ Our Lord.