The Man of Steely Reserve and Debatable Infallibility

[pseydtonne]

In case your Friday has been boring, I offer you Superpope!


Maybe he's Bizarro Superpope, since he leaps over molested altar boys in a single reassignment. Can they impeach a pope? If so, can it involve him being drawn and quartered using Vespas instead of horses?

I was an altar boy for four years. While I never had my cassock lifted, the monsignor of my grammar school's parish was definitely up to that and got transferred (I wish to Leavenworth). I'm pretty pissed off about the never-ending altar boy abuse scandals. Why is this considered one of God's gifts to mankind? Why is the continued deceit and shuffling acceptable from moral authorities?

Let the priests marry. They let in married priests from the Church of England when Britain started running low on Catholic leaders and no one has died. Wouldn't it be better than violating huge swathes of the Ten Commandments? "We're gonna bear false witness about rape because Jesus... ummm... well... have you seen my miter?"

While I'm at it, Pius the Ninth can still get stuffed. I know he's long dead, but he made up Papal Infallibility to guilt his fellow Italians into not unifying as a republic. When that didn't work, he got the French Guard to protect him. When they left to fight Prussia, he got what for. However, Catholics in Quebec still feel bad about him and named a major boulevard in the east end of Montreal for the hoser.

-stopping here, finishing my work

Comments

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Poke me about this subject in person sometime. I have things to say about it, but not here.

[fangirl715.livejournal.com]

The whole business is sickening, and gets more so every day. Since I'm not a Catholic, I shouldn't go on a big rant, except to say that, with any luck/justice in the world, we'll all get to see Pope Palpatine's reputation go down completely in flames. Karma's a bitch, baby...

On a far cheerier note, want to hang out some time this weekend? I know you'd like to be more social, and it would be great to see you...

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

I'm already taken for this weekend (other than Saturday evening, but that may be my collapse time). How about next Saturday?

[tckma.livejournal.com]

Indeed, this too makes me sick, and frankly, embarrassed to have been raised Catholic (even though I'm not at all religious and haven't been to church for reasons other than weddings or funerals in several years).

I could say a lot more, but it would make me late for work.

I cannot picture you as an altar boy.