A similar lop-sided interference in an Italian election has no precedent. Ratzinger should stick to his flock and wealth and mind his own damned business.
If the Vatican is a sovereign state, are Catholic priests foreign agents? When the national Conference of Bishops demonstrates against a law passed in Parliament, is this foreign meddling in internal affairs? Are Catholics who put their loyalty to the Church above their loyalty to their country traitors? guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
LOL!
...or, maybe no laughing matter at all? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
As an apatriot, I... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
In the short term, that move was wonderful: the european diplomacy let Cavour get away with murder almost unscathed. The Pope was furious but isolated, and resorted to knee-jerk reactions like forbidding any catholic from voting for the Italian parliament. Until Mussolini came around and "reconciliated" the parts to get support for his power takeover, the Vatican State looked like an anachronism that would not survive another 20 years of economic and diplomatic starvation. You can add another crime to his list.
The latest news is that neither Berlusconi nor Casini will attend the audience which was allegedly organized last September for the European PPE delegation.
