I Won't Win The Lottery, Either
New pope will hail from cardinals
So that puts those of us who are not Catholic and advanced members of the clergy out of the running. I was hoping to be a Cinderella story myself, a dark horse candidate who would bring a sort of everyman's perspective to the papacy. Ah, well, at least I can console myself with my acelibacy.
I don't know what's more frightening; that reporters need to write entire eighth-grade-report style stories on succession in the Catholic church, or the idea that some people impacted by this knowledge might not have it.