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Yes, he does preach chastity. As a Christian he can't keep silent about it.

Odd then, that when it's priestly unchastity he has no problem keeping silent about it at all.

Apparently in the Pope's moral reckoning, millions dying of preventable AIDS is a lesser calamity than Catholic sexual abuse and its exposure.

Luckily as Frank says, the Church is imploding - its immorality is too great to support its own weight now.

Interesting times.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Mar 18th, 2010 at 08:26:39 PM EST
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Actually, what he preaches first, above all else, is forgiveness.  And that is an outlook on life that is as perfectly consistent, even if inconveniently so to the point of contradiction at times, with not ratting out pedophiles among your ranks as it is with upholding the Golden Rule.
by santiago on Wed Apr 14th, 2010 at 01:18:38 PM EST
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