Richard Dawkins got it spot on in his WaPo article.
No, Pope Ratzinger should not resign. He should remain in charge of the whole rotten edifice – the whole profiteering, woman-fearing, guilt-gorging, truth-hating, child-raping institution – while it tumbles, amid a stench of incense and a rain of tourist-kitsch sacred hearts and preposterously crowned virgins, about his ears.
On Sunday, March 28, Ratzinger alluded to the scandle in his Palm Sunday homily.
He leads us to what is great, pure, he leads us to the healthy air of the heights: to life according to truth; to the courage that does not let itself be intimidated by the gossip of dominant opinions…
Alright, aside from this being terrible speech writing, he’s trivializing child rape? Cute, Pope. Real cute. Coming forward as a rape victim is gossip? Puhlease. I do hope someone is intimidated enough to keep his penis in his pants dress.
