Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Typhoon Victims

The pope wants the Philippine Nuncio to spend this Christmas season with the victims of the typhoon.  This will be a stretch.  Realize that prelates are steeped in European Catholic culture.  That is how they got discovered in the first place, not working in some poor parish in the outback.  The European model is one of royalty.  Its history is one of majesty and splendor in keeping up with the nation building States of the rich and powerful.  Prelates generally don't do well amongst the poor.  Cameos for photo opts, yes, but not much more than that.

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  1. Thanks for the history lesson to further our understanding.

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