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There is no amount of denial people are incapable of when it comes to the dark depths of religion.  My best friend is Irish-American Catholic (although of his beliefs, he refers to himself as a Spinozan Catholic).  His mother is college educated and a retired school teacher, but she can't get enough of the Pope, regularly runs off to Rome, and won't listen to anything about the child abuse scandals.  It isn't just a matter of the shills at the Iona Institute playing spin doctor.  There are millions of laity like my friend's mother, and they're the real obstacle.
by rifek on Mon Feb 27th, 2012 at 08:55:02 AM EST
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Remarkably, this seems to be more of a problem in the USA rather than in Ireland. Most devout Irish Catholics I know are frankly disgusted at their own hierarchy and none to impressed with the Vatican. They maintain their religious observance despite these misgivings and I hear no great clamour for the Pope to visit`- unless it is to apologise and start a new chapter on new terms.

A Chicagoan Bishop has just apparently snubbed the Irish prime minister over the Vatican embassy closure.  This may be good US Catholic politics, but in Ireland it just generates a big yawn.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Mon Feb 27th, 2012 at 11:04:05 AM EST
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