So, being Pope is like any other job - you can jack it in when you've
had enough. That's a shocker. For any Catholic that is. We were taught
that the Pope was infallible and chosen by God. No shirking that one.
Yet
here he is, off to the sunshine, while the flock wonders what went
wrong. Quite a lot as it happens. Benedict is healthier than his
predecessor John Paul, but he has decided to go. Has the past caught up
with him? Some say he had more to do with the child sex scandal than he
let on. He may even have been behind the decision to pay off victims.
Who knows? Not us, not now.
Back in the day at convent school we
had to accept the Pope's teachings on everything, because clearly, he
could do no wrong. Ever. Infallible. Some people still believe that.
They think the cardinals are guided by God when they make their choice,
rather than the usual politics and skulduggery that surround every
position of power.
The Pope has shown how human he is. No shame
there, but for those who believed he was God's right hand on earth it's a
bit of a come down. Now the eyes have been opened maybe people will
see the church for what it is.
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