Slap on your catholic face...

I read in the Christian Science Monitor (csmonitor.com) a story about the Boston cardinal who was appointed by his cohorts to give the farewell mass for the departed pope at the Vatican.

Some active US catholics took that as a slap in their face, as they have placed responsibility on that very same cardinal, for the impunity with which that Boston priest was able to carry on his evil acts for so many years.

Now the Hopeless are no longer Popeless...
...and the Popefuls waiting in the wings are all Poped out but One.

You may remember the good cardinal saw to it that the pedophile priest be moved from parish to parish as a way to absocond him from any repercussions.

The cardinal's colleagues decided to show solidarity for their Boston counterpart, and annointed him with the privilege of saying that Mass.

While I don't make an effor to remember any names, when I read about catholic shenanigans, as I do not view that organization as a useful venue for human progress, I do admire and remember many individuals who, regardless of their relationship with the catholic church -like Camilo Torres for example- work for peace, and the more so when they have personally evolved above the dogma that dogs most catholics.

This not-so-sublte manner to "rub-it-in" remaninds me of my exwife, a pious catholic, who NEVER failed to attend mass any day it was "required". She also has a very nasty way to "rub-it-in", and took advantage of every opportunity to do so.

Basically, the catholic hierarchy decided to tell American catholics and the world at large, that they are untouchable by such mundane concerns such as child-sexual abuse.

Paz
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