While he did not directly mention the scandal involving sexual abuse of children by priests, parts of his sermon could be applicable to the crisis.Pathetic.
The pontiff said faith in God helps lead one “towards the courage of not allowing oneself to be intimidated by the petty gossip of dominant opinion.”
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I saw (on a BBC news blog) "petty gossip *or* dominant opinion".
Either way, that is startlingly arrogant, even for the Catholic Church. I mean, petty gossip? For an issue involving pedophilia, deaf children and a priest (or priests)?
Absolute power....an 'nat.
Odd to be seeing the Roman Catholic Church disintegrate in front of us, after all these years of sheer, brute power over the lives of millions. Perhaps no one in the Vatican ever read Shelley..
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
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