I’m sorry but there’s something just a little bit creepy about a Pope – head of the catholic bunch, those wily papists – who speaks with a German accent. Just hearing him sound like all those actor Nazis (because the real Nazis probably rarely spoke English) feels like a confluence too bizarre to stomach. Joey Ratz (his former name) is visiting America. Benedict ex vee eye (his current name) is coming around saying he wants the church to return to its roots – belief in miracles blind faith to church teachings. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he has a gentle voice. Yeah, yeah, yeah he’s appalled by the abuse scandal. But his voice says crazy things and he’s appalled because the scandal gave the church a black eye, not because it was horrifying. Since when did a religious leader of a relatively small group of people become a world leader? That other guy – Beatles guy – he made the papacy an icon of coolness. And now the former head of the church censorship office – the office that used to be in charge of the inquisition – is speaking in a German accent about what we ought to believe. This guy used to be John Paul’s Dick Cheney.
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