Was the selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope a "safe" choice, a signal that the Church's future lies in the "global south," or a victory by the economic progressives within the Vatican.
Notes:
Pope Benedict's Regensburg Address
Paul Gottfried on Bishop Williamson
Sarah Palin's Big Gulp
Thomas W. Woods on the Vatican and global governance
George Weigel: "If only the Pope knew!" (part I and II)
Roman Bernard's "Smoke Screen."