Australia is a constitutional monarchy.

It was created by The Majority of Electors of 1900.

They created The Governor-General as Head of State and The Queen as Sovereign.

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Peoplepower

200 years ago Napoleon’s master, Prince Talleyrand, said, “There is someone more intelligent than Voltaire, more powerful than the emperor–and that is the people.”

100 years later in 1900, this became true in Australia. Today, in 2009, it is still one of the enduring truths of our Commonwealth.

The Majority of Electors was the original power in 1900 that created The Constitution and is still, in 2009, the only power in Australia that can change The Constitution.

In contrast to other political realities like in Iraq, Afganistan, Zimbabwe or Fiji or even the Vatican, the USA, India and China, the fact is that the Electors of Australia have been able to hold, without interruption, the ultimate constitutional power in Australia for over a hundred years!

This continuous record of peoplepower and political stability is unprecedented in modern world history.

Australia is the name given to an agreement between The Majority of Electors of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia to unite in one federation under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia.

So who really created what we now know as ‘Australia’?

The Problem
Father Bob is one of Australia’s most respected priests. He is an authentic Christian thinker. He is widely known for his imitation of Christ in the original role of the ‘shepherd to his flock’. He is a contemporary Australian ‘saint’ in the McKillop tradition.

Bob Maguire uses laconic Australian wit to spread the word of love (in the Christian tradition) and has been effective in his role for half a century from Army padre to parish priest.

Now, like McKillop, he is having words with his bishop. His bishop has asked for his resignation and his flock are not amused (watch video here).

The bishop says that all priests and bishops are required to submit their resignation at 75 and Father Bob is no exception.

The Solution
But there is ONE exception. The Pope. And, so we have a simple solution: Father Bob for Pope!

Should Father Bob be the next pope? Is he qualified?

I think so. I think he may be more qualified to be Christ’s shepherd than any other Australian. Father Bob uses love as his message and he practices what he preaches. He would be a worthy successor to Benedict XVI whose first encyclical may be the most important one of this century — Deus Caritas Est – God Is Love.

In The Shoes of the Fisherman Australian novelist Morris West, anticipates such a pope in Kiril I … (clip from movie) …

What do you think? (post your opinion here)

• Do you think Father Bob should be the next pope?

• Do you even think you should have the right to vote for the next pope?