Habemus Papam

Habemus Papam or "we have a Pope". On Wednesday the black smoke over the Vatican turned white and the whole world held their breath. A decision was made.

We have a new Pope. A new one. And the world waited anxiously for him to show himself. And when he did we learned who our new Pope is. Pope Francis. Who's from Argentina. A Hispanic Pope so to speak. Or at the very least a Pope from this side of the world.

People every where rejoiced, shared their thoughts, or disagreed with the decision. Whatever it was people had opinions. And now everyone's waiting to see what will happen with this new one.

My own opinion of him? He looks very humble and has that sweet old man look. I like him. He seems nice and patient. And he reminded me of my grandpa and I had a strong urge to see my grandpa. Of course that won't happen. But I like this new Pope and hope good things happen.


I am Catholic. I'm not ashamed of it. Or try to hide it. I think I'm religious but not in the traditional sense. I can't remember if I've discussed religion in my posts yet. I think I have but not dedicated a whole post to this. So here it is.

I don't go to church or mass every Sunday. Or every week. I honestly go like a few times per year. And I feel bad about that. But I believe in God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary. I believe in all of them. I do pray from time to time. I talk to them. I thank them, I ask them for patience or help. I do believe in them. Very much so.

But I don't think you have to go to church every single week to prove you that you believe in them. Unfortunately I know people who go to church every week and claim to be extremely religious but at the end of the day, they aren't totally good people. Now I'm not judging. I'm not saying I'm better than them. But I don't understand how people will go to church every week and treat others like crap almost as if they were excused just because they go to church. I don't think that's how it works.

I'd rather not go to church but try to be the best person that I can be then go every week only to go around acting rude and selfish and hypocritical.

Another thing, I love God and religion in and of itself isn't a bad thing. But I truly believe people ruin it.

On campus I see people holding their signs "God Hates Sin" or "God Hates this and that". And I always shake my head.

I'm not expert but from what I know, God is love. And religion claims we should love our neighbors and being understand right? So why would anyone want to promote religion with all the negative things. Why do people even think they'll get followers by stating what God "hates". And that's another thing. I don't think God hates. God doesn't hate. He is love. So why focus on what God "hates" rather than the good things that religion may cause and spread. Why not talk about the people that have made a difference, or how God is accepting of others. And how he'll always be there for whoever is in need.

It makes me sad the way people corrupt religion.

So there's my take on it.

There's our new Pope. May good things come from this new one.