More pope bashing (it must be a Wednesday)

The pope has been flouncing around the United States all week with a new, carefully calculated message for the Catholic masses: "Oops." Remember the whole issue of the child molestation with the Catholic priests? Yeah, well, the pope feels ashamed about that -- real ashamed!

I've been reading about this all week, and yet every time he utters another half-apology for the high crimes of pedophile priests, I can't help but look for his crossed fingers. He feels ashamed? Well, thanks for the fucking concession, your holiness, but we kind of knew all along that sexual abuse of children is shameful. What we're looking for is what you're going to do about it, and maybe an explanation of why you tried to cover it up. Anything else is just more bullshit from an old man too stubborn to admit he's in the midst of a religious public relations nightmare.

On Wednesday the pope took a short break from pretending to be sorry so he could equate child sexual abuse with violence and pornography in the media, declaring: "What does it mean to speak of child protection when pornography and violence can be viewed in so many homes through media widely available today?"

Huh. Interesting. I have yet to see a scientific study linking child endangerment with media images of violence and sex, yet I'm pretty sure one could find a relationship between child endangerment and fucking Catholic sexual predators. What does it mean to speak of child protection? It means keep the clutches of your corrupt, disgusting priests away from our children, and shut the hell up about everything else. We're not interesting in your opinion on anything except how you plan on saving our kids from your religion.