Tired Road Warrior

Pope Benedict XVI recently revoked the excommunication of four rebel Catholic priests in an attempt to seek reconciliation with an uber -traditionalist Catholic Order — the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX).  Ordinarily this would seem like an internal affair only significant to Catholics.  However, it turns out that one of the priests – Richard Williamson — is a holocaust denyer who claimed that no Jews died in gas chambers during WWII.  Not a good PR move for a Pope who has pledged to tackle anti-semitism.

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If I started my own religion (which I’m not going to do), there are two things that I would do immediately:  (1) come up with a better, less barbaric funeral ritual and (2) provide an alternative to the current check cashing and international money transfer racket.  While the second may not sound like an ecclesiastical function, I feel strongly that it is.

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