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To: kosta50; stfassisi
Pope John Paul II allowed the abuses (including nude dancers in the church) to go unpunished

Maybe, but we need to know the context. As you go through this exercise, Kosta, let us not forget that the Catholic Church is by definition of many local cultures, some of them -- for example, in Africa -- do not view nudity in quite the same way we do. I think, -- correct me if I am wrong -- that liturgical dance is licit in Africa or at least was experimented upon, as a valid expression of African spirituality. That the Pope, for example, traveled to Africa and was treated to a dance performance with bare feet dangling in the air, as one of your photos show, is not by itself abuse. In Virginia it shocks; in other locales, no.

261 posted on 12/13/2008 9:39:42 AM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex; stfassisi
Maybe, but we need to know the context.

The context was St. Peter's Basilica (I never posted this and I never will).

As you go through this exercise, Kosta, let us not forget that the Catholic Church is by definition of many local cultures, some of them -- for example, in Africa -- do not view nudity in quite the same way we do

That makes our morality and truth relative. Those cultures are pagan cultures.

That the Pope, for example, traveled to Africa and was treated to a dance performance with bare feet dangling in the air, as one of your photos show, is not by itself abuse

Those were acrobatic dancers, scantily clad and in all sorts of compromising positions. I am referring to the presence of bare-breasted women in front of the Pope and the cardinals. (You have mail Alex).

275 posted on 12/13/2008 3:10:38 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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