"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
. com...
> I was discussing this with friends and the general consensus was that
> Benny was selected because (snip) He is old and will not be pope for that
> long. In other words, a relatively brief period with a caretaker pope
> before electing someone who might want to put his own mark on church
> policy.

Last time they did that they got John XXIII and we all know how that turned
out.

Gabby