It was announced by the Vatican that the Pope is resigning and will go into retirement. I wish him the best in his retirement years. I know the process of selecting the next Pope is held tightly in the doctrines and beliefs of the Catholic Church. However, I am certain the next Pope will be selected from a group of people well versed in and recognized as Catholic in his theology and practice. I suppose they will look to someone who meets all those qualifications as well as who will be revealed to those making the decision after much prayer and well thought through considerations of the needs of the church and world at this time. I respect and appreciate the tradition and process that is in place in the Catholic Church and feel certain it will be followed going forward. When a church is without a pastor of any denomination or theological belief system, it is certainly thought that by whatever process a new pastor is selected, to be called, hired or installed as the new pastor, t...