Remember way back, when we all had to pretend to be Catholic?
Or the Catholics would kill us?
After they converted us, of course.
Good times...
So, despite what every Republican believes, there's no denying things are better now.
(Ben Carson doesn't know anything about Evolution or astrophysics, by the way.)
Anyhow, ol' Francis is in my top two or three Popes of all time.
Right up there with the Pope who may have been (spoiler alert) a woman.
And Leo X, who according to some sources once said, "How well we know what a profitable superstition this fable of Christ has been for us and our predecessors."
Ahem.
Seriously, if I ever need advice about love, marriage, life, death, sex, the whole shebang from a celibate wearing a dress, Francis is the guy I'll ask.
Showing posts with label Catholics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholics. Show all posts
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
How Many Catholic Male Supreme Court Justices Does It Take To Ruin A Country?
Oh, just a simple majority.
That's all.
That's all.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Religious Notes From All Over
According to a story in the August 19th edition of The Arizona Republic, the Diocese of Phoenix missed its self-imposed deadline of June 14th to publish a list of how many of its priests were involved in sexual misconduct and how much this "misconduct" cost the Diocese. You know, in legal fees, hush money, etc.
We will set aside for the moment the fact that it apparently took the keen journalistic minds of the Republic two months to realize that the deadline had passed. The Republic exists to sell advertising and keeping too close a watch on actual news interferes with that.
No, let us instead ask if the Diocese's delay was caused by the breathtaking number of molesting priests and/or the astronomical amount of money spent on damage control. Perhaps they are simply ashamed? Or perhaps they are simply still counting....
The latest figure I could find for the amount of money spent nationally by The One True Church to make amends for the, let us say, sins committed by "the Shepherds of the Flock" is $3.3 Billion.
That's $3,300,000,000.
And that's a lot of dough.
You might say "gee, if the Bishops had just kept a closer watch on their priests most of that money could have been spent to help the poor and hungry, the ill and homeless."
Obviously you don't understand how the wealthy international holding company that calls itself The Catholic Church works.
Oh God Bless you naive and trusting souls! Have I got a religion for you!
We will set aside for the moment the fact that it apparently took the keen journalistic minds of the Republic two months to realize that the deadline had passed. The Republic exists to sell advertising and keeping too close a watch on actual news interferes with that.
No, let us instead ask if the Diocese's delay was caused by the breathtaking number of molesting priests and/or the astronomical amount of money spent on damage control. Perhaps they are simply ashamed? Or perhaps they are simply still counting....
The latest figure I could find for the amount of money spent nationally by The One True Church to make amends for the, let us say, sins committed by "the Shepherds of the Flock" is $3.3 Billion.
That's $3,300,000,000.
And that's a lot of dough.
You might say "gee, if the Bishops had just kept a closer watch on their priests most of that money could have been spent to help the poor and hungry, the ill and homeless."
Obviously you don't understand how the wealthy international holding company that calls itself The Catholic Church works.
Oh God Bless you naive and trusting souls! Have I got a religion for you!
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