I know he's trying, and he has a lot on his plate. Too many abuses have taken place over the years, and it's going to take a long time to clean it up. The seminaries will be like cleaning out the Stygian stables :/
Many years ago when Latin was the language of the Mass, no matter where on earth you went, you knew what time it would be held and you knew the language. It's sad to see what regular church services have turned into.
I like your alliteration there :-). You are definitely on to something. Since I never was much into Greek mythology or wherever that gem was coined, I googled to see if it was spelled correctly :-).
Hmmmm. A lot comes up, but check this out: Frozen restrooms, revolting rectories, and the crappiest place on Earth
"Next, we had a church rectory in Dyer, Indiana, that was reeling from the destructive forces of animal poop -- thirteen years' worth of it, to be precise. When a new pastor took over the helm of the Catholic house of worship recently, he found that his predecessor had a penchant for keeping pets in the living quarters adjacent to the church. Unfortunately that prior priest did not seem to have any housekeeping skills. The replacement priest, the Rev. Terry Steffens, was greeted in his new digs by the stench of feces deposited in prodigious quantities by dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs."
More at link and worth clicking on the news link about the rectory. Maybe there is some symbolism here?
Then the analogy to Noah's Ark. I'm sure those animals weren't on the ark for 13 years! That page has too much poop on it for me. Just when you think you have heard everything . . .reminds me I need to change my two cat boxes today. I hate that chore! One cat now, two boxes, 'cuz that's what she's used to when I had my other one (they never got along and animals get goofy sometimes when you introduce strange ones into the household), but I don't want to digress into the loss of her again. I'm afraid if I don't keep up the two boxes, you know what cats do. I could have been like that pastor, as things got a little crazy years ago around here for awhile vis a vis pets, but not that crazy. One spot in the basement (don't like to go down there) got pretty bad, but it is all clean now and two places on the carpeting are ruined but no longer used for that, thank heaven.
That's why I don't want any more pets after this one because all my life I've cleaned up after them and enough is enough.
I'm glad the Pope Benedict loves cats, but I doubt he ever changed any litter boxes . . . but he just might have.