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| You people remind me of the good old days of my youth. |
The Vatican has long been said by those who know
it to be a nest of vipers. But, recently, the poison has been laid bare for
everyone to see as leak after an embarrassing leak has revealed an institution
at war with itself.
Already
this year we've read about documents warning of a death threat against the
Pope, widespread nepotism and corruption, exiled whistleblowers, gay smear
campaigns and embarrassing revelations about the Vatican's tax affairs….
Another
Vatican watcher, Robert Mickens of The Tablet, has a simpler take the Holy
See's woes: "It's arrogance. The people in charge still think the Vatican
is above ordinary laws."
Observers
also point to the Vatican's decision to censure nuns in the US for daring to
"disagree with or challenge positions taken by the bishops" on key
social issues.
"All
these things are symptoms of a bigger problem. The structure of the Vatican -
which is an absolute monarchy - is no longer suitable for the modern
world," says Mickens….
The Pope's overtures to the extremist and anti-Semitic
Society of Saint Pius X's, with which he shares a love of traditional Catholic
Mass, is thought to have angered many Church figures….
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