"It is fair to condemn evil, but one must keep it in proportion," said Sodano
Asked if there might have been a plot to discredit the Church, he said: "We don't have evidence of this but I know that many people have thought this."
It seems to me that there might be evidence to discredit the Pope. Every time the "Vatican" speaks, it is not necessarily the Pope, but more likely his underlings, who, by their own short-sightedness [I'm being generous here], end up smearing the Pope. This is VERY unfortunate.
They have to know that, as representatives of the Vatican, what THEY say can be misinterpreted as having been said by the Pope.
"Sodano...is second only to the Pope in the Vatican hierarchy"
"It is fair to condemn evil, but one must keep it in proportion," said Sodano
Asked if there might have been a plot to discredit the Church, he said: "We don't have evidence of this but I know that many people have thought this."
It seems to me that there might be evidence to discredit the Pope. [Of course, I meant that there might be evidence that his underlings are trying to discredit the Pope - NOT that there is evidence which discredits the Pope.]
Every time the "Vatican" speaks, it is not necessarily the Pope, but more likely his underlings, who, by their own short-sightedness [I'm being generous here], end up smearing the Pope. This is VERY unfortunate.
They have to know that, as representatives of the Vatican, what THEY say can be misinterpreted as having been said by the Pope.
[Again, the Vatican is not necessarily the Pope - it's unfortunate that most people assume that it is.]
Does it have to be the Pope?
The Pope does not make all laws or rules within the church and you guys know that.
I dont know how you guys can stay there, I really dont.