... as if it has anything to do with actual Church policy?
He's old, nearing a point where he could be called "long-retired", and has fewer and fewer allies in the Curia or among the cardinals (as most people with his views are retiring or dropping dead - John Paul II appointed officials far to his Right). And the last line of this report is just flat-out wrong. I followed it closely, and I haven't seen even ONE report saying he was a "close" runner-up in the 2005 papal election. Actually I haven't seen any report saying he was anywhere near being "close", unless one thought that John Anderson was a "close" runner-up in the 1980 race for president.
This report makes it look like the church is moderating its views on condom use (that letting couples in which one partner has AIDS to use a condom is banned shows just how far from moderate the Church is) - and there really isn't anything from the people who'd actually make that decision to suggest that's the case.
Posted by armand at April 21, 2006 10:52 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Religion