The Red shoes worked for Dorothy. I guess the mess created by the Catholic Church is to much........ even for red shoes.


"It's settled. When the pontiff steps down Thursday, he'll still be known as Benedict XVI and have the title of "pope emeritus." In public, he'll wear an understated white cassock and stylish brown shoes from Mexico. Vatican spokesman Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi says instead of reverting to his birth name, Joseph Ratzinger, the 265th pope will be known as "His Holiness Benedict XVI, Roman pontiff emeritus."


http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...e-in-red-shoes