Cardinals conclave tomorrow, May 7 to elect a new Pople

It is more fun criticizing

Over 100  Cardinals all over the world meet in a conclave tomorrow to elect a new Pope.   It is going to be a battle between the conservative (the purist) and those who are progressive - pro Pope Francis.  This is exemplefied by the Cardinals Tagle, a Filipino who professes pro Francis tenets of compassion, kindness, and progessive relevant policies for the new World.  Cardinal Becker on the other hand profess the truth -  the Doctrines.  Such clash of principles and values is common in other religious organization.  

Now the Pope has to be elected by 2/3 majority vote.  The sign that the conclave has elected a new Pope is the white smoke from the smokestack of Sistine chapel.  A black smoke means none has been elected yet.  

Will deaths at Lampedusa Italy cause rethinking of immigration laws in Europe

Social and political criticisms

From DW

 

France and Italy are calling on the rest of Europe to rethink their immigration policies and to cooperate with this flood of refugees from rest of Africa and Asia, as 82 more bodies were recovered from sunked ship off the island of Lampedusa, Italy.  Most of those dead were from Somalia and Eriteria fleeing from harsh conditions in their countries.

Present during the recovery of the bodies was integration minister Cecile Kyenge, Congolese born.  The latest recovery brings to 232 the total dead. Of the 500 boat passengers only 155 survived.  Many more are missing.

Italy has requested that EU meeting in Luxemborg put the problem in its agenda.

Kyenge promised to change the law which punishes cladestine immigration with a fine of 5,000 Euros.  Morever, the refugee centers are hosting 4x its capacity.  Kyenge also promised to increase the capacity of immigration centers to 24,000.

The Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta gave Italian citizenship to the dead last Friday, the official day of mourning for the dead from Lampedusa. (From Euroobserver October 7, 2013)

Do you agree with PM Letta or Minister Cecile Kyenge?  Should Europe allow refugees to flood Europe while Europe herself is not doing well with its economy?  Should Europe be more compassionate?