Days of our Catholic Lives
Seriously, though, am I the only one who thinks the Vatican has turned into a big soap opera? It's so dramatic. First Pope Nazipants loves Bishop Nazipants, but then Pope Nazipants' friends are all "no, we don't like him" so then he makes him apologize, but then the apology isn't good enough and nobody knows whether or not they're going to break up.
MEANWHILE, Pope Nazipants promotes Father I-Think-Katrina-Was-God-Punishing-New-Orleans to Bishop, but then Pope Nazipants' friends are all "no, we don't like him" so Pope Nazipants rescinds his promotion. Drama drama drama.
From the BBC:
The Vatican said Gerhard Maria Wagner was "exonerated from his obligation" to become auxiliary bishop of Linz.
Last month, Father Wagner said fierce criticism had persuaded him to decline.
Some Austrian Catholics were angered by his description of Hurricane Katrina as God's punishment for New Orleans' sins, and the Harry Potter novels as satanic.
Do people still think Harry Potter is Satan? That's so passe. Anyway, it's nice to see that Pope Nazipants can't get away with being an ultra right-wing doofus. This allays some of my fears that the Catholic Church was headed even further to the right and was probably going to name Rick Santorum as Pope after Nazipants' death. As such, I have decided to go back to my previous position, which is that the College of Cardinals only elected him so he'd piss everybody off and they could get away with naming a really liberal Pope next time. Here's hopin'!
In reference to this idea, however ill-received, that Hurricane Katrina might be "God's punishment for New Orleans' sins" (by the way, I think the numerous Catholics who worked on rebuilding the devastated city would strongly disagree), I leave you with this (Matthew 5:44-45):
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
