The new Pope has some very interesting
skeletons. Firstly, there are lingering accusations that he was involved
in the kidnapping and torture of 2 Jesuit Priests during the last
military dictatorship of Argentina in the 1970s; and their subsequent
excommunication for publicly accusing him of this. Secondly, in 2005 he
blatantly called for Argentine politics to adopt theocratic laws
regarding abortion and homosexuals - an
action many in the Church criticized as overstepping his bounds. While
these things are difficult to triangulate and quantify, this sounds to
me like the equivalent of the US electing a President that believes
homosexuals should be forced into therapy and who allegedly participated
in race-motivated lynchings in the South as a young man. I'm not a
belligerent critic of the Catholic Church, I do believe its activities
provide significant benefits around the world - but maybe if they want
to be viewed with less suspicion and mistrust, they should join the 21st
century and acknowledge their secrecy and attempts to hide corruption
and crimes behind the doctrine of being immaculate are obsolete and
ineffective. I'm quite positive that Benedict was forced from office by
Vatican politics, and yet judging by who they elected in his place - the
organization hasn't learned a thing. Their faith will not sustain them
through the global political turmoil that is only beginning if they keep
this up.
-Toxin
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