Posted on 05/19/2004 1:12:31 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:21:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
May 19, 2004 -- VATICAN CITY
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
One wondere, btw, if the good cardinal has heard of Nick Berg.
what was happening against kids in the Catholic chruch was the real MORAL SHAME !
I am not Catholic but knowing what I know of the present Pope's background and his present age and health, I suspect that he is no longer in charge of the Vatican or policy.
James Francis Cardinal Stafford also said the abuse of Iraqi prisoners was the work of "barbarians."
LOL I wonder if this idiot was as vehement in attacking his fellow priests and their abuse of children?
Witness England... the gays first want sex in Public Mens Rooms to be legal and as soon as they got it the next thing they wanted was to lower the age of consent to 12.
I am not religious, but tis makes me sick.
Well Cardinal, perhaps you should have the beam in your eye removed before you tell us about the splinter in ours.
I'd get banned if I said what I really feel.
So would I. My typing/spelling errors show how angry I was just reading this garbage .
I am in whole hearted agreement with you,
and I am a Roman Catholic.
Pope John Paul II is not in charge.
The men who speak on behalf of the Vatican
are trying to drive away Catholics like me from "their" Church.
They hate America and American Catholics who are not democrats.
Unfortunately, this cardinal isn't the only one
spewing hatred about America and specifically GWB's
prosecution of the WOT.
These cowards will deserve the wrath of Islam.
And it's coming.
For a Catholic, this is especially infuriating! It must be some kind of test of faith because I don't have very charitable thoughts after reading about these guys sneering from the Vatican.
In the inner circle, you have relatively conservative cardinals like Ratzinger and some other Latin American bishops who are supposed to carry out the Pope's directions.
Plus, you have people like Cardinal Arinze and his African/Asian colleagues, who have been able to capitalize upon the poweer vacuum that exists in an aging, increasingly secularized Europe, to expand their influence over Church doctrine and the promulgation of the Pope's directives.
I think they're trying to drive us away.
I really mean that.
memo for later: check for any past Vatican criticisms of Saddam or any other bloodthirsty dictator.
Well now that we've found some of those wmds (and in the hands of terrorists no less), what does the good cardinal say now? Who here believes that even if we find a whole warehouse full of wmds that moral ciphers like Stafford will apologize for their obtuseness? Good grief! could anyone imagine these types dishing their baloney during WWII?
That's a rather deceptive title. The NYPost must be outsourcing their title writing to Reuters.
We must understand the "culture"...sarcasm.
Exactly, this Cardinal maybe is learning that he should not come up with absolutes that can turn out to be wrong before your interview is even published.
Cardinal Arinze is the only hope for the Church, IMO.
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