The Field of Martyrs
Mary Valle: Wow! Rachel Donadio reports in the New York Times that Pope Benedict has proclaimed that “sins inside the church” are the greatest problem in his organization; and that “forgiveness does not substitute justice.” These are Benedict’s strongest words on Pontifigate: encouraging! However, he was somewhat vague on the cleanup (which is a sort of human oil spill: ongoing, resisting easy solutions, far, far worse than you expected) offering that the church has “to relearn ‘conversion, prayer, penance.'” One wonders if they’ll take Vatican exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth up on his offer to exterminate the devil in St. Peter’s. It couldn’t possibly hurt at this point: why not give a Vatican exorcism a try? Continue Reading →