[sinkspur]

The Pope ought to get Cardinal Arinze to clean house. That man is tough!

JP II couldn't even celebrate Mass yesterday; his knees wouldn't let him.

Arinze can't do anything; he's got his hands full with AIDS decimating his country.

No. This pederasty problem is a Western problem and can only be fixed by Western bishops. A Charles Chaput (Denver) or Cardinal George from Chicago are clean enough to do it. Egan and Law are compromised.

[traditionalist]

No. This pederasty problem is a Western problem and can only be fixed by Western bishops.

Nonsense. The Pope is the vicar of Christ. He is the ruler of the Church on Earth and has the authority to clean up any part of it he chooses. Since nearly all the Western Bishops are compromised, as you admit, how do you expect the Western Church to clean up its act without heavy-handed action from the Vatican?

John Paul II is all talk and no action, and that is how history will remember him.

[traditionalist]

Chaput's and George's authority does not extend outside of Chicago and Denver. They might be able to clean up those places, but how can they clean up the entire West without papal intervention.