Posted on 03/26/2009 9:52:06 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
VATICAN CITY – From the Gospel to Google, the church has been seeking ways to announce the word of Christ for 2,000 years.
Pope Benedict XVI has gone on YouTube and his speeches appear in Chinese on the Vatican Web site, but judging from the uproar over a Holocaust-denying bishop and his pronouncement that condoms deepen the AIDS crisis, he's clearly struggling with his message.
During his nearly four-year papacy, criticism has been pouring in from Muslims, Jews and members of his own flock, as the German pontiff seems to step into controversy at every turn. The attacks by European governments this past week over condom use are unprecedented.
The controversy could in the future weigh on cardinals when they choose Benedict's successor, perhaps leading them to look for a younger man more attuned to a wired world.
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Make that weird world and I'm wit' ya..
Pope Obama? (shudder)
Here’s one response backing the Pope.
“Pope was right to challenge the cult of the condom”
No bush to bash? And with the word “condom” in the headline?
The jokes write themselves. :O)
Not that I expect this to be reported by AP. They're not known for letting their judgment be clouded by actual research.
Ummm, yeah, well they figured it worked on Bush so now they will try it on everyone who stands in their way.
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