As the church goes down the toilet...

The popey guy.

Pope Benedict XVI praised the performance of Beethoven's Ninth symphony on Friday evening at Milan's La Scala theater as "a moment of elevation of the soul."

This is one holy guy, let me tell you. Here's a tidbit directly from his holy mouth:

Pope Benedict XVI praised the performance of Beethoven's Ninth symphony on Friday evening at Milan's La Scala theater as "a moment of elevation of the soul."

And he would know. C'mon, admit it -- you feel uplifted. He's such a spiritual popey guy. Meanwhile, behind the scenes:

Benedict's three-day trip to Milan for events focusing on the institution of the family is a welcome pastoral respite from an embarrassing and damaging leaks scandal at the Vatican that has engulfed the pontiff's personal butler.

The code words in bold tell us that he's on his usual hateful mission. When the church mentions the "institution of family", they're not talking about supporting anyone's family. What they mean is "let's make sure we deny gays the right to form families." This is just another message of anti-gay hatred by the popey guy.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the pope is a closet case. He lashes out at gays because he hates himself. It's a good thing there is no god because this popey guy would be smote and sent to hell for all eternity.