Not Infallible?
Pope Benedict XVI has discovered within himself the grace and humility to circulate a personal explanation to his worldwide circle of bishops, apprising them of his lamentable lack of attention to information sources which might have spared him, his colleagues and the rest of the world - let alone his Jewish friends - much anguish of uncertainty and damaged relationships.
The Vatican, he admitted, erred. In not sufficiently making themselves knowledgeable about the furor that would be unleashed when he unwittingly sought to revoke the excommunication of a Holocaust-denier, a bishop whose ordination was seen by the Vatican to be "valid but illicit". Because the ordination was conducted in an unauthorized manner, hence the schism and the excommunication.
What truly peculiar, puzzling and illogical values. It is an offence to the Holy Roman Catholic Order that an unauthorized ordination take place, resulting in excommunication. It is an offence to the divinely inspired order of humanity that a child of nine, incessantly raped, finally pregnant with twins, be given an abortion to save her frail life. Resulting in excommunication.
Digression aside, Pope Benedict mournfully admits that no one in the science-and-technology-wise Vatican City bethought themselves to use the information-searching capabilities of the Internet to apprise themselves of the worthiness of Bishop Williamson as a bishop in good standing of the Catholic Church. Mea culpa.
Except one can only wonder, with the world-wide intelligence tentacles of the Vatican, who is credulous enough to believe that Bishop Williamson's frequent anti-Semitic utterances were unknown to those within the Vatican, those many advisers with whom the good Pope could seek counsel?
However, a much-chastened Pope claims he was informed post-crisis of the laxity in intelligence-gathering. He averred that he "draws the lesson", and in future the Vatican must seek to "pay more attention to this source of information".
This admission of lack of due diligence must be given face value. If for no other reason than to see amicable relations restored between Catholic and Jew.
"The letter is very personal, very anguished, very pained but very honest", said an Italian bishop who wishes to receive it as he would the word of God himself, happy to feel good again about his trust in the infallible judgement of the Vicar of Christ.
After all, Jesus Christ wouldn't prevaricate and tamper with the truth, would he?
The Vatican, he admitted, erred. In not sufficiently making themselves knowledgeable about the furor that would be unleashed when he unwittingly sought to revoke the excommunication of a Holocaust-denier, a bishop whose ordination was seen by the Vatican to be "valid but illicit". Because the ordination was conducted in an unauthorized manner, hence the schism and the excommunication.
What truly peculiar, puzzling and illogical values. It is an offence to the Holy Roman Catholic Order that an unauthorized ordination take place, resulting in excommunication. It is an offence to the divinely inspired order of humanity that a child of nine, incessantly raped, finally pregnant with twins, be given an abortion to save her frail life. Resulting in excommunication.
Digression aside, Pope Benedict mournfully admits that no one in the science-and-technology-wise Vatican City bethought themselves to use the information-searching capabilities of the Internet to apprise themselves of the worthiness of Bishop Williamson as a bishop in good standing of the Catholic Church. Mea culpa.
Except one can only wonder, with the world-wide intelligence tentacles of the Vatican, who is credulous enough to believe that Bishop Williamson's frequent anti-Semitic utterances were unknown to those within the Vatican, those many advisers with whom the good Pope could seek counsel?
However, a much-chastened Pope claims he was informed post-crisis of the laxity in intelligence-gathering. He averred that he "draws the lesson", and in future the Vatican must seek to "pay more attention to this source of information".
This admission of lack of due diligence must be given face value. If for no other reason than to see amicable relations restored between Catholic and Jew.
"The letter is very personal, very anguished, very pained but very honest", said an Italian bishop who wishes to receive it as he would the word of God himself, happy to feel good again about his trust in the infallible judgement of the Vicar of Christ.
After all, Jesus Christ wouldn't prevaricate and tamper with the truth, would he?
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