If you actually read the full article, you will see that it sort of takes away from the idea of John Paul the Great.
Which perhaps is reasonable.
John Paul II did wonders for the Church, but he also willfully blinded himself to the fact that homosexuals were taking over key positions in the Church.
He simply could not imagine that bishops and rectors of seminaries were active homosexuals.
His episcopal appointments, Mahoney especially, have led to the destruction of the Church in America.
I for one will not miss John Paul in this regard.
Although, John Paul perhaps had reasons to deny the homosexualization of the Church.
He was such a strong, heterosexual man, who had no experience with homosexuals.
From the article,
"Whenever Vatican investigators brought the results of their vetting process regarding an individual's candidacy for bishop, cardinal or other office, and they revealed he was a homosexual, John Paul II would refuse to believe it," he writes.
"He did so because accusing someone of homosexuality was a standard practice of the Communist government in his native Poland regarding anyone it regarded as an enemy of the state. From his ordination as a Catholic priest in 1946 to elevation to Archbishop of Krakow in 1963 and Cardinal in 1967, the then Karol Wojtyla witnessed this personal destruction repeatedly. So traumatized, he summarily dismissed such accusations as pope, and would approve the elevation of anyone so accused. "
Wheeler says that's why the church is "riddled" with homosexuals today.
" He did so because accusing someone of homosexuality was a standard practice of the Communist government in his native Poland regarding anyone it regarded as an enemy of the state. From his ordination as a Catholic priest in 1946 to elevation to Archbishop of Krakow in 1963 and Cardinal in 1967, the then Karol Wojtyla witnessed this personal destruction repeatedly. So traumatized, he summarily dismissed such accusations as pope, and would approve the elevation of anyone so accused."
I can understand John Paul's denial. I had not idea that such practices existed until I went to art college in 1973 and so the just 'coming out' gay population of Philadelphia parading down 15th street. Even so, I still am completely appalled at what the whole perversion involves. I went on to go to a school in Berkeley where I took a print class where I turned out to be the only 'straight' person enrolled, I got along fine, and I guess that the subject never came up because in many ways, because sexuality is not my normal venue for relating to others they didn't bring the subject up ~ until I saw their worked printed.
There I am in a secular world, and Papa John Paul was always surrounded by people like himself, who were working to do the best thing possible, or fighting against the evil guys, who also agreed that homosexuality was a terrible perversion.
Rubbish