the election of the first Polish pope facilitated the fall of the Eastern Block in Europe, will election of the first pope from Americas stop the onslaught of socialism and commnism in the western hemisphere?

Today the first pope from the Americas, Cardinal Juan Bergoglio of Argentina was elected by the conclave of the cardinals to be the next pope. He is the first non-European pope in the history of Catholicism and the first pope from the Western Hemisphere.

Aside from being a remarkable person in his own right, Bergoglio, who will go by Francis the 1st, in memory of St. Francis of Asissi, will be a formidable force standing in the way of the proliferation of the Socialism and Communism.

If you recall, Pope John Paul the second, who came from the Communist Poland, was the lifeline, the breathe of fresh air and a strong force for reforms, towards democratization and freedoms in the Eastern Europe.

Today we are seeing an attack of the Socialist regimes. Castro and Chavez regimes made a mockery of the civil rights and free press and any sensible economy in Cuba nad Venezuela. Under Dilma Rousseff in Brazil and Christina Fernandez Kirchner in Argentina, both of the most populated South American countries are going towards the socialism. Obama, of course is preaching the distribution of wealth, ransacked the treasury and softening and prepping the U.S. economy to the complete bankruptcy through insane spending and to subsequent socialist or communist takeover. the press in the U.S. is as free as Stalinist Pravda.

Bergoglio, who is known as the people’s cardinal, who gave up his private automobile for public transportation, who cooks his own meals, is known as a people’s cardinal and has a huge following.

It will be an interesting time, to see possible realignment of forces in the aftermath of passing of Chavez and election of Bergoglio, Francis the 1st, as the next pope.

by Dr. Orly Taitz