Deaf, blind Vatican says wildly stupid things

You have to love the Vatican's obtuseness. They are determined not to understand their own crimes. Today I found this in the news:

BERLIN (AP) — The Vatican's head of doctrine says critics in North America and Europe are conducting a "concerted campaign" to discredit the Catholic Church that is resulting in open attacks against priests. 

Mercy! Those poor, innocent priests! And let it be known -- this has nothing do with with priests raping children. Heaven forfend! It's happening only because of the intrinsic nastiness of North Americans and Europeans. Don't they know that every priest is holy, that they are god's representatives on Earth?

But wait, there's more!

In an interview published Saturday by Germany newspaper Die Welt, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller likened the sentiment directed toward the Church to that of the pogroms against Jews in Europe. 

Yes, it's just like what happened to six million innocent Jews. Because the priests are pure as snow. They are high-minded, holy beings who are only on this Earth to do god's work. And now this nastiness has descended upon them -- for no reason at all! Mercy! What a cruel world.

The adventures of the popey guy

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Christmas season is kicking off at the Vatican with the traditional lighting of the tree in St. Peter's Square — and a reminder from the pope about what happened when the "lights" of God were turned off in past atheistic regimes. 

Were lots of kids raped? Were they, huh? Those damned atheists!

They're still raping kids

Evil bishop Robert Finn/NYT

If you think the Roman Catholic child abuse scandal is all in the past, you should read this story in the NYT. It's the same old tale: priest repeatedly abuses children; the bishop knows about it; the bishop says nothing; and the priest continues merrily on his way. This one is going on in Missouri right now.

Special bonus: the bishop is an Opus Dei priest who swept into the parish and immediately destroyed many great, kind programs in order to redirect the diocese's funds toward massive anti-abortion protests.

No morality. That's what we always see from officials of the Roman Catholic church.