I get the feeling a number of people researched ALL the likely candidates, ahead of time, so as to be ready to fling shit at the earliest moment possible once someone was chosen.

I've also been wondering, what is it that harms you personally, about this, if you are not even Catholic? Yes, I'm concerned about my fellow men and women all over the planet too, but how does the choice of Pope actually mess with your own life, if he's not YOUR Pope? If he has no power over you, where's the beef?

~Susan