[Da Coyote]

The pope has jumped the shark with climate control.

I never imagined that I would someday regard my church and my leaders with equal loathing.

[Alex Murphy]

In a retaliatory move better suited to some dollar-store novel, the Holy See Press Office under Father Federico Lombardi has stripped Magister of his press credentials. Father Lombardi called the "leak" of the Laudato si, a "heinous act." Frankly, I would be more impressed if he called abortion or the slaughter of Christians by Islamists or the vote for sodomite marriage in Ireland a "heinous act" but to each his own, I suppose. I find the Church's action against Magister as "heinous" and disgraceful. Commonweal is reporting that in fact, there was no embargo on Magister who "got his copy from an unofficial source (obviously curial) who imposed no restrictions on its use."

PFL. The snitch was set up!

[CharlesOConnell]

No matter, not a Magister, he's just a gossip columnist.

Read Monday Vatican.

[Dr. Thorne]

Of course, if someone had leaked the TPP specifics, we would be calling him a hero.

The Vatican is the new Evil Empire and the poop is Stalin.

[cothrige]

I find it amusing that under this pope who wants mercy for all habitual public sinners none can be shown for a journalist who prints a document early. And it is also quite interesting that the Vatican is able to react so quickly to correct this action, unlike clarifying repeated heretical quotes attributed to the pope by a journalist who is not only not punished, but is given more interviews to print instead. Very strange that.