Vatican to Check U.S. Seminaries on Gay Presence
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September 15, 2005
Missing the Point of the Abuse Scandal
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Who was Cassandra?
In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.
Good Lord. I have had a hard time shaking the impression, lately, that along with a new Pope the Catholic Church has acquired a death-wish.
How could they get it so desperately, flagrantly, mean-spiritedly wrong?
Posted by: dale | September 15, 2005 at 06:11 PM
Because they only hear one side of anything.
Posted by: zhoen | September 16, 2005 at 09:25 AM