That, today, the Pope and his terrestrial bureaucracy do not have power to enforce their will on earth in the lives of living persons.
I wonder if the rate of pedophilia is as high in the Anglican Church (or the Eastern Orthodox Church) as in the Popish Church? Anyone have any statistics as to whether the one distortion of persons' nature contributes to the other?
"President Bush announced on Wednesday that his administration was looking into ways to ensure that the term "marriage" would apply only to unions between men and women. Republican Congressional leaders have floated the idea of a constitutional amendment to do just that....
"In Europe, the limits of the Vatican's influence,
as well as one of the seeds of its frustration,
were clear in the pope's failed campaign to have
a reference to Christianity inserted into the
preamble of the current draft of a European
Union constitution." ("Vatican Says Lawmakers
Have Duty to Oppose Gay Marriage", NYT on the Web,
31Jul03)If the Pope is up to it physically, we may see another picture of him scurrying around after George W like a little puppy yipping to get his attention (I regret I didn't save a copy of the first time -- it was a classic in toadying).
\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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