May 8, 2025 – Eighty Years After War, Still Choosing Thrones
At 6:08 p.m., the crowd looks on,
“fumus albus“— thick and strong.
Sistine‘s roof, where smoke ascends,
A signal: power, that never ends.
“Habemus papam“ then rings aloud,
The vacancy‘s now sealed and done.
A man is crowned, the crowd is proud,
As if his rule were heaven’s son.
A billion souls to "Papa" sworn,
By cardinals in robes of red.
No woman spoke, no child took part,
Just old men choosing who’s ahead.
Eighty years since fire and steel,
We swore we’d never kneel again.
Yet here we crown another king,
Who claims to speak for more than men.
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Sat 10th May 2025 07:25
Since writing my last comment, I have heard good news.
It seems that Leo XIV and his colleagues might actually be getting around to doing their jobs. IE... annoying the oligarchs, thieves and warmongers, those who've been getting away with murder - literally and metaphorically.
We shall see!