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Gloria.TV News on the 23rd of April 2014 No Personal Implication? Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi has denied that John Paul II was aware of or did ignore allegations about the abuses carried out …More
Gloria.TV News on the 23rd of April 2014

No Personal Implication? Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi has denied that John Paul II was aware of or did ignore allegations about the abuses carried out by sexual predator and founder of the Legion of Christ, Marcial Maciel. It is nevertheless a fact that Maciel has been publically accused since the 1970s. His accusers were priests, a guidance counselor, a professor, an engineer, a lawyer, and a former priest who became a university professor. In 1998, formal charges were lodged at the Vatican but shelved in 1999. John Paul II died in 2005. Immediately after, the case was re-opened by Benedict XVI.

The Most Negative is Denmark: A Win/Gallup International's poll has investigated how people in 65 countries judge the influence of religion on society. Europe’s most negative judgment came from Protestant Denmark followed by Catholic Belgium, France and Spain - the most positive from Iceland and Portugal. Worldwide, the country most positive about religion's impact on society was Muslim Indonesia.

A Day Like Any Other: Cardinal Loris Capovilla, for many years the personal secretary of John XXIII, was asked by Vatican Radio what the day of the late pope’s canonisation represents for him. Capovilla replied that for him it would be a day like any other in the calendar. Quote: “Because for Christians all the days in the calendar are festive and represent a reason to celebrate.”

Champagne Always at Hand: The former Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will pass his retirement in a 600 meters square apartment in the Vatican according to ilfattoquotidiano.it. It reports further about a Vatican prelate who is de facto engaged with a male choreographer. The two organize in the centre of Rome evenings in a sauna inside an apartment belonging to a Catholic religious community. Ilfattoquotidiano.it also knows about a cardinal who had a refrigerator installed in his car - with champagne always at hand.
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Speaking of champagne/drinking...
A drunk lay slumped outside a bar, in serious need of a drink.
A passing priest and bishop started to lecture him on the evils of alcohol.
"You should be more like God, like me," said one.
The other argued, "No, my son, more like me. I am more like God."
The two holy men then argued over which was more like God.
Finally, the drunk interrupted. "I'm more like God …More
Speaking of champagne/drinking...

A drunk lay slumped outside a bar, in serious need of a drink.
A passing priest and bishop started to lecture him on the evils of alcohol.
"You should be more like God, like me," said one.
The other argued, "No, my son, more like me. I am more like God."
The two holy men then argued over which was more like God.
Finally, the drunk interrupted. "I'm more like God than either of you arguing hypocrites, and if you give me ten bucks, I'll prove it!"

They accepted his challenge and each handed him five dollars. As the drunk stood, he said, "You two go sit in the bar and when I enter you'll have your proof." The bishop entered first and the barkeep said, "Good afternoon, Bishop, what'll you have?" Then the priest entered and the barkeep said, "Good afternoon, Father, what'll you have?"

Finally, the drunk came in waving his ten dollars.
The bartender shrugged, "Oh, God, not you again!"