Hey, someone else here mentioned the pope so I don't have to be the first and, I don't know, offend people here or anything that way when I say good riddance and that I laughed at first when I heard the news, but then that sense of relief, extreme fucking relief took over. It would probably be considered sacrilegious to drop by and light a candle and fall to my knees in front of an altar thanking God for what just happened, but I'm thinking I'll probably do it after class.
It's probably too soon to hope that the church manages to actually become a part of the real world through losing one pontiff , but I can hope and pray that they get someone normal, someone sane, and someone willing to look out for all of us and not just the chosen ones in this time anyway.
I mean, I finally got over the conditioning that I could have God and salvation, or I could have my life on the terms I want to live it in when I tried, really tried, coming back last month and got an answer when it turned out, yeah, God meant for the things that make me happy to be part of my life, but that didn't mean I'm exactly welcome at most parishes or masses either.
Maybe the pope stepping down is one of those hints that the people running all these things might finally take notice, that that chance is finally here, and things are opening up again. I finally got okay with both parts of who I am at last, and maybe, this time, the humans who run things can actually do the same. I mean, there might be some kid like me who doesn't have to deal with what I did as a teenager in the future.
I know, it's a long shot, it's still the Catholic Church and everything, but I don't know, it makes me hope that better things are coming.