I feel desperately sorry for Pope Francis. We have set him up to be a sort of human saviour and he is shown to have feet of clay. After the more serious, unemotional Benedict we longed for someone who
Archbishop Welby is under fire for the opposite reason: http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2018/01/what-does-the-archbishop-think-he-is-doing-.html
#19 I read Kevin differently, Jim. In #10 he repeated the distinction I have made in #4 - between Pope Francis believing Bishop Barros to be innocent on the one hand, and insisting he remain in offic
I am happy to accept Francis' explanation that when commenting initially he got the terminology wrong and had inflicted pain by appearing to doubt the truthfulness of survivors. Cardinal O'Malley I be
Jim Egan@19Thank you Jim for your comment"If innocence until proven guilty is done away with the rule of law is gone and we truly are at the mercy of mob rule, lynch law, and ‘group think’"
Kevin, I have no great desire to get into a ping pong exchange on this issue.
If innocence until proven guilty is done away with the rule of law is gone and we truly are at the mercy of mob rule, lync
Jim Egan @Thank you Jim for your comment and giving me the opportunity to respond.
The appointment to the position of Bishop by Pope Francis of Fr. Barros was an act of confrontation, as it confront
Kevin,
Instead of decrying "Pope Francis' dictatorial stance " (from what quarters do we usually hear that language?) maybe you could also consider the dictatorship of the mob who act as judge, jury a
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