I think kind of the last aspect of significance I would like to add to the debate about the next pope, is the Platonic perspective.
Plato is science and faith in one. This elevated idea and practice in many ways takes the crass out of conservatism and leaves it with an allure of romance and beauty. The church is mostly that. The heavenly made structure. A new pope should be conservative, yet also light in a sense. A man of conviction and honesty. A man of wisdom and integrity.
A man of g-d in the sense that he will understand the complex layers of faith ultimately grounded in science.
A man of many and deep understandings.
G-d bless the will to make a pope that has both faith and eloquence. May we see a renewed church in the frame of this interesting new world.
