Shepherds Smelling like their Sheep  -A A +A  By Robby Tantingco
Peanut Gallery  Tuesday, April 2, 2013  AT LEAST Pope Francis
changed the global conversation.  No one's talking anymore about
Vatileaks, pedophile priests and Peter the Roman, only about
Pope Francis taking the bus, Pope Francis refusing to stay in
the papal apartment, Pope Francis saying Mass for garbage
collectors, and Pope Francis eating at a common cafeteria.  He's
doing even better than the popes in movies. Pope Kiril (Anthony
Quinn) in "The Shoes of the Fisherman" only went out one night
to visit the slums; Pope Francis outdid him by going back to his
pre-conclave hotel to settle his bills. Pope Innocent III (Alec
Guinness) in "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" only kissed the feet of
one beggar; Pope Francis kissed, washed and dried the tattooed
feet of not one but a dozen dregs of society!  What will he do
next? Drive corrupt Curia officials out of the temple with a
whip? Sell the treasures of Vatican Museum to fund Catholic
charities in Asia