We have a serious problem.
Just when I was already depressed over his latest appointments...
I was talking with a friend today, and I wondered whether the Pope has gotten so loosely attached to reality that he doesn't know what's going on anymore, or if he has always been going in this direction. She said that she had received a message from someone who had seen the Pope recently (in an audience of some sort) and reported quite happily that the Pope was just fine and "knew who was in the room." Somehow, I don't find that a very ringing endorsement of his condition.
But on the other hand, maybe it's better to think that he's not really making these decisions and that someone else has seized the reins, rather than to accept that he is consciously making these choices himself.
The Pope has a problem, also.
There aren't enough basilicas in Rome for the Pope to hide the wolves as "archpriests".
Don't we just. Now I need to get to mass to get this drivel out of my mind.
If JPII literally said all this, and meant every word, then he is insane. On the other hand - which is more probable - if he has erred on the side of dipomacy, it still does not say much for his judgement, if these indeed are ALL his words, freely spoken without the barest shadow of duress from his "jailers".
In my opinion, there is no call for diplomacy in this situation. By rights, the pope should go on a head hunting rampage. That would be the most charitable way to decribe what is needed!