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On one level, that New York Times feature story on the fall of Msgr. Kevn Wallin of Connecticut has everything one would want in a religion scandal. I mean, it’s got sex, crystal meth, Broadway show tunes and a hazy link to a future cardinal.
Yesterday a reader tweeted that The Guardian was clearly trying to insinuate that Pope Benedict XVI is compromised in some way, resigning in disgrace. The headline:
I visit the Twitter-verse every now and then, but don’t munch all the way through the streams of data the way some folks do.
I once served on a jury that convicted a man of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. We all thought he did it, but we weren’t sure the government had made its case. The evidence was strong but his defense attorney had done such a good job of explaining it away or striking various aspects from the record that we almost let him off.
I have been waiting for the American press to pick up an article found in Saturday’s edition of La Stampa, the Turin-based Italian daily, on the Catholic Church and yoga. But as five days have passed with no mention of Bishop Raffaello Martinelli I expect we will not be seeing anything for the moment.
Last week in my post “Turkson wouldnât be first African pope,” I quoted from an humorous guide for journalists covering the election. The last tip:
The yearâs at the spring, And dayâs at the morn; Morningâs at seven; The hill-sideâs dew-pearled; The larkâs on the wing; The snailâs on the thorn; Godâs in His heavenâAllâs right with the world!
