Suffering teaches compassion,
Loss reveals worth,
Fear is a passing shadow,
Only love endures.
I don’t know why, but these words came to me as I was trying to fall asleep and I felt the need to write them down. Maybe now I can get to sleep!
Broadcasting live from Philadelphia, Stephen Colbert pulled off a trifecta tonight. He managed to get Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama on his show all in the same evening. The appearances made for great political humor. Enjoy!
Hillary’s ‘3AM’ Rescue
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The EDWØRDS
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Obama Puts Political Distractions On Notice
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Pope Benedict XVI offered a mea culpa of sorts for pedophile priests in the Catholic Church, saying "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. We are deeply ashamed and we will do what is possible that this cannot happen in the future."
His apology might have merit if not for the fact that the Pope himself took part in the cover up, placing the Church ahead of the children being victimized by pedophiles in the priesthood.
In 2001, while he was a cardinal, he issued a secret Vatican edict to Catholic bishops all over the world, instructing them to put the Church’s interests ahead of child safety.
Five years ago he sent out an updated version of the notorious 1962 Vatican document Crimen Sollicitationis - Latin for The Crime of Solicitation - which laid down the Vatican’s strict instructions on covering up sexual scandal. It was regarded as so secret that it came with instructions that bishops had to keep it locked in a safe at all times.
This so-called man of God put the political interests of the Catholic Church ahead of the well-being of innocent children. He is a scumbag and deserves the censure of good people everywhere. It particularly made me ill to see my government, under President Bush, kissing this man’s ass today at a White House ceremony.
Pope ‘deeply ashamed’ of church sex scandal
Pope ‘led cover-up of child abuse by priests’
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Huffington Post
