[ebb tide]

OnePeterFive’s Steve Skojec points out that the Vatican’s press release about the matter raises more questions –– and suspicions –– than it answers. He asks:

• Why was no vetting process applied to the distribution of these awards?

• Why was a 186-year-old papal decoration created to bestow a supreme honor on those who have served the Church well being given out like a commemorative Vatican snow globe or a pope pencil in a VIP visitor goody bag?

• Why was there no statement condemning or distancing the Vatican from Ploumen’s public comments in which she says she was awarded a “prize” by a Vatican that probably knew what she was about in confirmation of her work?

• Why was there no expression of remorse that an award was given to one of the most effective single promoters of abortion in the world today?

• Why was the award not recalled?

• If the reward could not be recalled without creating a diplomatic crisis, why was there nothing in the statement encouraging Ploumen to voluntarily return it, or at the very least stop using it to mislead people into thinking the pope was rubber stamping her agenda?

[Hieronymus]

And Henry VIII is still the Defender of the Faith. At least this is not the worst mess up the Church has suffered in this area.

[Jim from C-Town]

I can sum up the entire affair in a simple statement.

This Pope is a Dope!

[ebb tide]

Francis passes out reception into the Order of St. Gregory willy-nilly as does he wish to give Holy Communion to unreptent Catholics in a state of mortal sin, and even to non-Catholics.

[G Larry]

This theme and behavior are recurring, inexcusable, and disgusting.

[little jeremiah]

Is there any mechanism to fire the Pope?

[campaignPete R-CT]

They may be going to hell in a bucket, baby, but at least they’re enjoying the ride

[rfp1234]

Excrementus Taurinus.

[greeneyes]

I don’t recall reading anything about an award for President Trump or any other head of state for that matter.