tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067569.post111486069429239071..comments2023-04-05T08:34:14.233-05:00Comments on The Special People Club: PopeMelinda Junehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05293979989939787353noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067569.post-1115041598401723562005-05-02T08:46:00.000-05:002005-05-02T08:46:00.000-05:00You have said, quite nicely, what I've been trying...You have said, quite nicely, what I've been trying to articulate about Papa Ratzi. There are a LOT of Europeans who have a black, black past because they wanted to live through Nazism rather than get shot in a field. Okay, okay, it's hard for me to say, but I think I get how that might happen. But you're right, it's The POPE, for crying out loud, and one would THINK that he would be an exceptional figure of humanity. <BR/><BR/>I think that I am open to hearing about how living through Nazism transformed him into the philanthropist that he is now, but I have not yet heard that story.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687353728139867213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067569.post-1114869347134612302005-04-30T08:55:00.000-05:002005-04-30T08:55:00.000-05:00WELL PUT, sister. The only thing I question about...WELL PUT, sister. The only thing I question about your commentary is the apparent assumption that the pontiff's role is to promote good vs. evil. Which means you're saying the Catholic Church is good instead of evil. Is this the case? Obviously, we don't mean to denigrate the people we know & love who are Catholic (most of whom have plenty of their own beefs with their church.) But just look at what this church has been engaged in for centuries, most notedly the latter part of our most recent century. The best thing you can say about the church is that they know where to hire the right designers to decorate their houses of worship (and it takes a lot of gay priests to keep that project together.) The pontiff's role should be to promote good only if the role of the institution is to promote good. And for now, it will take a lot to convince me that the promotion of "good" is the church's true mission.Coaster Punchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587366749348273040noreply@blogger.com