Lucky Day

My Friday the 13th got off to a good start. On my way to work I heard the news that Pope Benedict had named an American to his old post. This from Archbishop William Levada's hometown paper:

Levada goes to Rome with a keen understanding of Vatican politics, but also with decades of experience dealing with such explosive American issues as gay rights, the role of women in the church and the ongoing fallout from the sexual abuse crisis in the church.

Wow! The "Rottweiler" names a bishop from the liberal center of the United States -- San Francisco. This just has to be good news. Don't you think?