On the sexual abuse of minors by priests: “Cases of this kind are subject to the pontifical secret.” May 18, 2001.
On Islam, quoting Byzantine emperor, Manuel II Paleologos: “Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.” September 2006
On Judaism: Under his rule, the Vatican reinstated the use of a Latin Mass that includes a prayer for the conversion of Jews. July 2007
On the battle with AIDS in Africa: “You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, it increases the problem.” March 17, 2009
But,
In the case of a male prostitute, the use of condoms can be “a first step in a movement toward a different way, a more human way, of living sexuality.” November 2010
On the historical violent conquest of the Americas by Europeans: “The proclamation of Jesus and of his Gospel did not at any point involve an alienation of the pre-Columbus cultures, nor was it the imposition of a foreign culture.” May 2007
On the priesthood of women: Under his rule, the Vatican included “the attempted sacred ordination of a woman” among “delicta graviora” (grave crimes) against church laws, along with sex crimes against minors. 2010
Wow. Religious colonialism at its worst. Horrible. If Islam is spread by the sword, surely Catholicism is spread by the penis.
Surely! Right?
Wow. Religious colonialism at its worst. Horrible. If Islam is spread by the sword, surely Catholicism is spread by the penis.
Surely! Right?