Monday, April 11, 2005

Let's Talk John Paul's Legacy

The papal hits just keep on coming! This week will bring not one, not two, but nine masses in Rome to celebrate the late John Paul II. Apparently each mass gets a different cardinal presiding, including American cardinal Bernard Law. You may remember him as the Boston-area cardinal who covered up the rampant child abuse of local priests by shuffling them from parish to parish without telling anybody why. What was JP's response to this conspiracy of silence - promotion (just like Dubya, hmm . . .)! After resigning in 2002, Law was shuffled to Rome as an archpriest. Abuse survivors are understandably pissed at Law's part in this week's festivities, but is seems oddly fitting, given the Church's pattern of dealing with the abuse scandal.

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