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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Don't poop on the Pope

What utter pap. If we are to believe the mainstream media, the new Pope Benedict XVI is too conservative, too orthodox, too doctrinaire, too controversial... the viewer comes away with the astonishing conclusion that the Supreme Roman Pontiff may even be too Catholic.

For the apostates, perhaps. Personally, I'm glad there's at least one institution on the planet that unequivocally and unapologetically still represents the moral ideals of yore, that still believes certain things are sacred in life, even if the vast majority of us are unable to live up to them. From a purely moral standpoint, it may not be too much of a stretch anymore to think that the Pope personifies our last great hope as a civilisation.

My own view is that if any future pontificate wavers in these staunchly held beliefs, that if it betrays its own theological underpinning in order to embrace the newest generational fetish, then the very notion of Catholicism - it's universality - the belief that there are certain universal truths to be defended at all cost, would be put at grave eternal risk.

You almost get the impression that these so-called progressives want to reform the Church from top to bottom, and then make it repent for its past sins. Memo to all non-believing Catholics: The Church of Christ is the House of God, and as such, does not sin. Considering that there already exist plenty of other variants of and protestations to the Catholic form, it would be highly advisable to either get out, or get with the Program. The choice is yours.

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