Homo Sum:
humani nil a me alienum puto

Knights Templar sue the Pope.
Yeah. That’s what I said.
The Daily Telegraph reports that The Association of the Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ has launched a court case in Spain, demanding Pope Benedict “recognise” the seizure of assets worth €100bn. The Spanish-based group of Templars apparently says in a statement: “We are not trying [...]

There’s an evil tableau for you: the callous torturer stands up with blood on his hands and a lie in his teeth, while the priest draped in gilt reassures him of his righteousness. How often has that scene played out in history, I wonder?
You know, I wouldn’t change a word in what Paul Myers says [...]

You know, the Pope-throne in the Vatican press room, or wherever it is, reminds me of something…

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Oh yeah, I know what it is. It reminds me of the stage at the No Rest For The Wicked concert I saw in Milan.
(As an aside, I know I shouldn’t be shocked at hypocrisy here, but doesn’t [...]

OK, let’s close some tabs.
First off, let’s start with our old friend, the head Inquisitioner, Pope Benedict.

It appears he’s been a naughty fellow.
A BBC documentary has exposed that Pope Benedict XVI, aka Cardinal Ratzinger, played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests.
In 2001, while he was a [...]

And in recent Catholic Church news, possibly relevant to the ongoing discussion between my friend Biff and I in another post’s comments, we have the current Pope lashing out at… atheists:
Pope Benedict, in a new encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” [...]