Friday, December 07, 2007
Oh Lord, The Pope Is Fucking Crazy
Pope Benedict XVI has authorised special indulgences to mark the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary's reputed appearance at Lourdes.
Catholics visiting the site within a year of 8 December will be able to receive an indulgence, which the Church teaches can reduce time in purgatory.
Lourdes has drawn pilgrims since Mary was said to have appeared in 1858 to shepherdess Bernadette Soubirous.
The waters of the French shrine are said to have miraculous healing powers.
Perhaps they will sell t-shirts at Lourdes with pictures of the Pope as a member of the Hitler Youth. It's quite a miracle that a Nazi became pope. Before coming pope, he was in charge of the inquisition. Yes, it still does exist. Now poor rubes are going to head off to France in order to cut the delay in God's big DMV line in the sky, because this dude says so.
I try hard to respect people of different faiths, but they don't make it very easy. Perhaps we should all make an effort. If the flying spaghetti monster started offering indulgences for stopping at the Olive Garden, it might be nice to get a hankering for breadsticks and never ending pasta bowls.
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