Gender and the Holy Ghost

My secret contact within the Holy See -- who must, perforce, remain anonymous -- informs me that the Holy Ghost follows my blog religiously. Apparently, ze's a huge fan.

Regular readers of this blog are of course aware that "ze" is the pronoun used for those who see themselves as neither male or female. They simply do not have a gender, or choose not to recognize it. To each, zis own. I state this for the benefit of poor, benighted readers who might not be familiar with the term.

I think it's appropriate to use the pronoun "ze" for the Holy Ghost. I mean, how could a ghost possibly have a set and unchanging gender? A male Holy Ghost? A female Holy Ghost? It just doesn't work. Clearly, ze is the way to go.

This reminds me of a term I heard a football announcer use yesterday. He said of a player, "he has his physicality going for him." Indeed. As if the rest of us don't have physicality. I suspect each of us has a physical body...except the Holy Ghost...oh, and the Cheshire Cat! Ahem...please note that both characters are fictional.

Anyway, ze's a big fan of the blog. I think that's so nice.

The twisted Vatican butler trial

Holy Ghost and popey guy.

You knew it would get stranger, and it has.

Vatican Prosecutor Nicola Picardi, in seeking trial, quoted Gabriele [the butler] as telling his interrogators after his arrest that he thought that the role of whistle-blower in the church "belongs to the Holy Spirit, whom I felt in some way had entered into me." 

He was apparently trying to expose corruption at the highest levels of the Vatican hierarchy.

The indictment quoted Gabriele as telling investigators that he was "motivated by my deep faith and by the desire that in the church light is shed on everything." 

Vatican prosecutor Nicola Picardi quoted the butler as telling his interrogators that "seeing evil and corruption everywhere in the Church ... I was sure that a shock, even a media one, would have been healthy to bring the Church back on the right track." 

Ghosts: holy ones. This is what happens when you encourage people to believe in fairytales. Dog knows how this will turn out. I hope it creates a major ruckus. Let's hear more about that corruption at the top. Go, Gabriele (even though you're crazy).