[Mrs. Don-o]

I am not favorably impressed by the effort to put the most negative construction on everything the Pope said, or purportedly said, especially when the article you are referring to does not have one single, direct quote, properly so called --- as you know --- and can't have, since the embarrassing fact has been uncovered that the whole thing was constructed without a recording or even written notes.

I think most people who have been following this convoluted story, have grasped the significance of that.

Your argument depends heavily on context which, for all you know, may have been clipped away by the bagful by the atheist interviewer.

It would be futile to spend any further time on this.

[ebb tide]

I am not favorably impressed by the effort to put the most negative construction on everything the Pope said, or purportedly said, especially when the article you are referring to does not have one single, direct quote, properly so called ...

Nice try, but no cigar. The final article was reviewed and approved by the Pope and has been posted on the Vatican's website. If you question the interview's veracity, blame the Pope and his leper curial court (as he fondly addresses it), don't blame me.

[ebb tide]

I am not favorably impressed by the effort to put the most negative construction on everything the Pope said, or purportedly said, especially when the article you are referring to does not have one single, direct quote, properly so called --- as you know --- and can't have, since the embarrassing fact has been uncovered that the whole thing was constructed without a recording or even written notes.

And I'm not favorably impressed by those who defend the Pope for every statement he makes like atheists can go to Heaven, as long as they follow their idea of "Good", whatever they think "Good" is.