tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post7905679963545391590..comments2024-03-19T15:26:26.055+00:00Comments on auntie joanna writes: Yes, I'd heard the gossip and knew the rumours...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-83727932895436969712014-09-28T20:16:16.414+01:002014-09-28T20:16:16.414+01:00Pope Alexander VI held competitions for naked danc...Pope Alexander VI held competitions for naked dancing girls in the Vatican, and was known for poisoning political opponents. But he also rather eccentrically pronounced against slavery, declared and defined as a dogma of the Church that black people have souls, and tried to prevent the exploitation of native peoples.<br /><br />So we shouldn't be too quick to judge.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311426607108404554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-48124068851491039892014-09-28T19:19:39.000+01:002014-09-28T19:19:39.000+01:00Because there has been, as I indicated, a lot of m...Because there has been, as I indicated, a lot of material already written about it...and alas a lot more in today's press. Pray for him, the diocese, and for the Church in our country.Joanna Boglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657573606200891390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-83902174341079622682014-09-28T14:04:08.623+01:002014-09-28T14:04:08.623+01:00We haven;t been told in what respect he had broken...We haven;t been told in what respect he had broken his vows, have we? Why is everyone assuming that his offence is against celibacy?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05824939563302911348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-54603808306881699602014-09-28T08:36:13.904+01:002014-09-28T08:36:13.904+01:00A kind and honest post. Thank you.
God help him an...A kind and honest post. Thank you.<br />God help him and all involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com