Pope to step down 28 February per Italian news and BBC

[patrice]

123. What do you know about the Papal Order of the Golden Spur? One of the most recent recipients of

which was the last Shah of Iran? My sister, a highly experienced long-standing liturgist, was around something they did in COLORADO SPRINGS (home of Eric Prince at the time) and was appalled at the absolutely over the top display of wealth as a part of the liturgy. She dis-associated herself with the events.

I have also been wondering what the roots of this thing are: http://www.tfp.org/

And my last close association with my church, close to some 30 years ago now, I felt that there was kind of a push on for African priests, visiting here in America. It was something that got noticed, because some of them had serious persistent problems with the equality of American female LAY Catholics. Recent world drought predictions indicate that Africa is going to suffer even more than it has, extremely so. Wondering here if this isn't somekind of financial adjustment in the RC's relationships with Africa, in order to "re-define" the means by which the RC church responds to that continent's blooming crises.

I'm going to be watching Secretary Kerry.