Obligatory Smirking Atheist Post
The Vatican rolls deeper into the mire with the John Paul II's convenient miracle going belly-up:
Vatican City, 5 March(AKI) - The canonisation of Pope John Paul II may be delayed after reports that a French nun has had a relapse of Parkinson's disease, which was believed to have been cured due to the pope's intervention. The Vatican documented Sister Marie Simon-Pierre's recovery from the illness as evidence of a miracle - a requirement for the late Pope John Paul II's elevation to sainthood.
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.81665870
More priestly abuse allegations surface in Holland - 400 since 1995, in fact.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/873236/-/u5gmxx/-/index.html
And finally, in the words of the Guardian, "Vatican Hit by Gay Sex Scandal" in which on Vatican papal official has been procuring male prostitutes for other Vatican papal officials - sending them to "the Cardinal's residence" no less.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/04/vatican-gay-sex-scandal
There's a meme going about whereby if you see a poem you should post another. I am subverting this in that I am going to post a link rather than the verse itself, but, Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you The Digital Cuttlefish's take on that last story...
http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-just-love-good-vatican-scandal.html
I wouldn't be doing this, you know, if religious leaders, and in particular Ratzinger, weren't forever telling other people how to live their lives and trying to cover up their own greasy tracks.
Vatican City, 5 March(AKI) - The canonisation of Pope John Paul II may be delayed after reports that a French nun has had a relapse of Parkinson's disease, which was believed to have been cured due to the pope's intervention. The Vatican documented Sister Marie Simon-Pierre's recovery from the illness as evidence of a miracle - a requirement for the late Pope John Paul II's elevation to sainthood.
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.81665870
More priestly abuse allegations surface in Holland - 400 since 1995, in fact.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/873236/-/u5gmxx/-/index.html
And finally, in the words of the Guardian, "Vatican Hit by Gay Sex Scandal" in which on Vatican papal official has been procuring male prostitutes for other Vatican papal officials - sending them to "the Cardinal's residence" no less.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/04/vatican-gay-sex-scandal
There's a meme going about whereby if you see a poem you should post another. I am subverting this in that I am going to post a link rather than the verse itself, but, Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you The Digital Cuttlefish's take on that last story...
http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-just-love-good-vatican-scandal.html
I wouldn't be doing this, you know, if religious leaders, and in particular Ratzinger, weren't forever telling other people how to live their lives and trying to cover up their own greasy tracks.