Liberal Pope

I got up early this morning to watch some of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. I sat and cried, but at the same time I felt rather uplifted. Now is the time to choose a new Pope to replace a truly beloved one. It won’t be an easy task for sure. I have been praying about this issue and keep coming up with a rather queasy feeling in my stomach about it. I had read that the powers that be would like to choose a more liberal Pope. More liberal? I have always felt that the Catholic Church was a ‘little’ political, however I’m getting the feeling that it’s more political than I would like to believe. I have read many an article that says that the Papacy was created for political benefit; if you have support of the Catholic Church you can do no wrong. Well, I surely do not believe that.
The email news group I am signed up with has been discussing this topic heavily over the last couple of weeks and most are agreed that a liberal Pope would lead to the down fall of the Catholic Church. I don’t know if that is really true or not, I suppose we will find out if it happens. The general feeling however is that things are changing and not all changes are good. I truly believe that we are currently experiencing some of the signs of the End Times, what a new Pope has to do with this I don’t know for sure, but I definitely don’t have a good feeling about it. God’s will be done. I will continue to pray about this, and I hope that all will feel the need to do so also.