The Rottweiller Is No Puppy, by Bob Dumpling, newmatilda, April 16, 2008

The Rottweiller Is No Puppy

By Bob Dumpling
newmatilda
April 16, 2008

http://www.newmatilda.com/polliegraph/?p=295

Is this the start of the Global Sorry Tour?

I heart PopePope Benedict XVI touched down at Andrews Airforce Base and expressed his shame of incidents of sexual abuse involving Catholic priests. His Holiness said:

"It is a great suffering for the church in the United States and for the church in general and for me personally that this could happen," Benedict said. "It is difficult for me to understand how it was possible that priests betray in this way their mission to these children."

For me it's difficult to understand how the Pope can stand up and say that. As Cardinal Ratzinger, he played an intergral part in using the Vatican document Crimen sollicitationis to suppress allegations of abuse. This was revealed in a controversial BBC Panorama documentary: Sex Crimes and the Vatican. It can be viewed online via Google Video.

The Popes involvement and the Catholic Churches seeming inability to resolve this issue will follow him all the way to Australia for WYD. New accusations against priests are continuing to emerge.

There are plenty of other contentious issues for the Pope and he seems unable to avoid them, "I do not wish to talk at this moment about homosexuality, but about paedophilia, which is another thing," he said. (Ooops, that's awkward!)

There is an upside. George Bush appears very excited to see the Pope. I'm sure Little Caesar from Macquarie Street, Sydney is looking forward to catching up in August too.