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Francisco Primero: ¡Viva La Revolución!
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by Barbano / Expanded from the
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I
personally thank novice Pope Francis I for forgiving me all of my sins.
As long as I don't have any impure thoughts, if I die right now I'm guaranteed
the stairway to heaven via the plenary indulgence he transmitted to my house
via satellite on March 13.
I look forward to meeting Martin Luther on my way up.
Network TV commentators have only gingerly shot around the edges as to what
the election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio can mean to
Catholics, ex-Catholics, recovering Catholics (Sinead O'Connor, call
your office) and the world at large.
Herewith, my humble comments, informed in my youth by the hardassed Christian
Brothers (only occasionally with their wine) and the Sisters of the Holy
Cross.
I didn't become editor of my high school newspaper because uptight young Sister
Steven called me "too antagonistic."
Perceptive woman.
Now, five decades down the path of propriety and perdition, comes my forecast
on Pope Francis I.
Sister Stevie would never have printed it, but the late great Brother Hugh
Kennedy (yes, one of those Kennedys—>died young as a missionary
in Africa), would have had a good laugh.
1. WOMEN SHOULD EXPECT
LITTLE. The Catholic hierarchy is too hidebound to loosen up on women's
rights.
I was hoping that the cardinals would pull a fast one and elect a woman.
Gloria Steinem looks great in both red and white.
Alas and alack, the intrepid Nuns on the Bus remain in the back seat.
2. BY HIS NAME, YOU WILL KNOW HIM. Cardinal Bergoglio, who apparently lives very humbly and even takes the bus to work, chose the name of Italian Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals (equine advocate Annie Jantzen, call your office).
Francis
led a very humble and ascetic life and has long been held up as a model by Catholic
teachers.
He was also a bit uptight.
One day in sophomore religion class back at Fresno's San Joaquin Memorial
High School, Brother Ernest told us horny guys that Francis would take off
his clothes and roll in a thorn bush when tempted by the (gasp!) pleasures of
the flesh.
"Where's the nearest thorn bush?" became a standing joke among us
teens whenever any of the upper class foxes flitted past.
Mea maxima culpa.
3.
WELCOME TO THE REVOLUTION. Cardinal Bergoglio is a Jesuit, the Society
of Jesus, founded by Spanish St. Ignatius Loyola.
Every cabrón dictator in this world should be quaking in his boots.
Previous popes pulled the Jesuits out of countries because they fomented revolution,
preaching "liberation
theology" and advocating for basic human rights.
Good Brother Hugh once said "they tend to take over everywhere they go."
Bueno.
Bergoglio lived through the gulag era of the murderous Argentine generals.
Many of the country's
"desaparecidos" (disappeared ones) remain unaccounted for.
El Salvador Bishop
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (August 15, 1917 –
March 24, 1980), who was assassinated by a U.S.-trained death squad while saying
mass, was Jesuit-trained and remains a leading candidate for sainthood.
My personal favorite is Jesuit Miguel Pro (January 13, 1891 — November 23, 1927), who was executed without trial on phony charges by Mexico's dictatorship.
Requiescant in pacem.
Pope Francis can right a lot of wrongs as he undertakes the Herculean task of
righting the foundering ship of the Vatican State, including its money-laundering
bank. (The film "Godfather III" was only part fiction. Read
"In God's Name, an investigation
into the murder of Pope John Paul I" by David A. Yallop,
Bantam Books, New York, 1984.)
4. SIGNS FROM GOD AND
TRAVUS T. HIPP. As
I'm writing this in a post-deadline rush (thanks to editorial indulgence), the
1969 Marlon Brando film "Burn" runs on a movie channel in the
next room.
It's about anti-colonial
revolution in Latin America and was one of the late Tribune columnist's
favorites.
I wish Francis I the best, will continue to pray for him, and fervently hope
that he has the cojones to...
Be well. Raise hell.
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RENDER UNTO CÉSAR—> CÉSAR
CHÁVEZ CELEBRATION XI happens on Thursday, 28 March
2013, at Circus Circus-Reno. (Cocktails at 6:00 p.m., dinner at 7:15 p.m.)
Antacids available for
all who suffer thru Sen. Heller's joint address earlier in the afternoon.
The César soirée during
the 2011 legislative session almost drew a floor session quorum and this
year may well break that record.
For more, including the history of the event going back to 1986, go to CesarChavezNevada.com/
You may view sponsorship information and purchase advance tickets at the website.
Prices go up as the
event gets closer.
PARDON THE CHAMP. United Auto Workers
Union boxing manager George "Battling" Nelson was undoubtedly
heartened to learn of Sens.
Reid and McCain's renewed efforts to pardon Jack Johnson,
the heavyweight champion convicted of the crime of being black about a century
ago.
Nelson will expand on
the subject at the March 28 César
Chávez event at Circus Circus.
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I broke a bushel of major stories last year which the above lead item will very probably top. Blowing out more than a century of Nevada law in one swell foop doesn't happen every day.
Turn on, tune in and
tell a friend.
Be well. Raise hell.
____________
Andrew Barbano is a 44-year Nevadan, chair of the Nevada César Chávez Committee, producer of Nevada's annual César Chávez Day celebration, first vice-president and political action chair of the Reno-Sparks NAACP, labor/consumer/civil rights advocate, member of Communications Workers of America Local 9413/AFL-CIO and editor of NevadaLabor.com and JoeNeal.org. As always, his opinions are strictly his own. Check local listings for other Nevada cable systems. E-mail barbano@frontpage.reno.nv.us. Barbwire by Barbano has originated in the Daily Sparks Tribune since 1988.
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Andrew Barbano
Andrew Barbano is a 44-year Nevadan, editor of NevadaLabor.com and JoeNeal.org; and former chair of the City of Reno's Citizens Cable Compliance Committee, He is producer of Nevada's annual César Chávez Day celebration and serves as first vice-president, political action chair and webmaster of the Reno-Sparks NAACP. As always, his opinions are strictly his own. E-mail barbano@frontpage.reno.nv.us.
Barbwire by Barbano moved to the Daily Sparks (Nev.) Tribune on Aug. 12, 1988, and has originated in them parts ever since.
How a hall-of-famer's hunch birthed the Barbwire in August of 1987
Tempus fugit.
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