We are One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and damn it . . . European!

The election of Pope Benedict XVI affirms one thing. The Church is primarily about one region and "race." The Catholic church is about Europe.

The cardinals of the Catholic Church unanimously gave one big "F__ you" to all of Africa, all of Latin America and all of Asia.

They've decided that the problems of poverty, HIV/AIDS, malaria, political corruption, devastating wars, prostitution and child slavery, and the challenges of fragile democracies on the rise in Africa and the rapid spread of Islam, are of little concern to the Church. "F___ you, Africa!"

They've also decided that the problems of poverty, corruption, the challenges of fragile democracies, drugs, and the challenges of Pentecostalism which threatens to supplant Catholicism in Latin America, are of little concern to the Church. "F___ you, South and Central America."

They've also decided that the challenges of human rights, the perilous state of Catholic minorities, the challenges of Islam, the problems of workers rights, child rape, slavery and prostitution in Asian countries are of little concern to the Church. "F___ you, Asia."

The Cardinals have affirmed in one voice that the true concern for the church is the secularism of Europe and the impact of academic relativist trends. Who cares if a little girl is sold into prostitution, at least we'll fight the darn post modernists in Belgium and keep those filthy muslim Turks out of the pure bred European Union.

I'm not bitter, angry or anything (My shaking fingers on my keypad indicate unfilter blissfulness and joy). I decided to give all this more time to sink in but the more time passes, the more unpleasant the whole experience is. There really isn't much of a bright spot. He is going to be pope for the next 15 years and that's enough time to do his thing. Maybe a good part of all this is that he'll push things to a breaking point which is always good. Breaking points lead to Martin Luthers.

I think Pope Benzinger (ha, had to say it) definitely has his eye on Vatican III. This way they can seal the deal on liberals in the Church. That would be interesting. Benedict is certainly not interested in the Church being loved. He wants a smaller, leaner, meaner Church, void of liberals and more manageable. He is the theological correlate of the smaller government Republicans.

Boy, it is going to be a long Catholic winter.