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To: Maximilian
"CNS News reported the following: "Pope John Paul II issues Call for Ecological Conversion . ."

Are you listening, Ralph Nader? After you lose your next Presidential bid there's a nice cushy job in Rome waiting for you; 'Pontifical Advisor On Ecological Affairs'.

O.K., now that I vented my sarcasm I must say that this Pope spends far too much time philosophising about humanitarian and natural affairs, and expends far too little energy addressing the real problems facing the Catholic Church, such as worldwide Islamic persecution of Christians, the scandalous abuse of Catholic children by clergy, rampant clerical homosexuality, progressive theology, disregard of Vatican directives by American bishops, the sorrowful closing of Church doors, the general loss of faith in the Eucharist, sparse attendance at Mass, pro-abortion politicians, etc, etc.

It seems there's a leak in the roof of the Catholic Church, and the Holy Father is busy buying buckets to contain the water instead of calling a carpenter to fix the problem.

19 posted on 07/07/2004 8:51:32 AM PDT by TheCrusader ("the frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the churches of God" Pope Urban II)
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To: TheCrusader
I think your criticisms are valid, but I think you'll agree that Derksen's method of:

(1) accusing the Pope of being a heretic on flimsy evidence and (2) declaring the Pope no longer the Pope

is counterproductive, arrogant and silly.

22 posted on 07/07/2004 8:58:52 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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