Now, we've got the real thing brewing over
at the Vatican. Somewhere in the crypts of Rome, poisoners, stranglers,
libertines, students of Machiavelli, and other long-dead clerical
errors from the good old days are feeling smiles crack the dessicated
bones of their faces. This is old-school Catholic treachery. Grappa for the house, and see what the Borgias in the back room will have!
In the letter, the senior churchmen said that if the reformers succeeded in changing the church's approach to modern families it could send the Catholic Church down the path of Protestant denominations that abandoned "key elements of Christian belief and practice in the name of pastoral adaptation."… In recent months, and with growing intensity since the synod opened, conservatives have accused reformers of "rigging" the synod and of engaging in skullduggery and various media "manipulations" to achieve changes—charges the letter from the cardinals seemed to support.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a38870/pope-francis-enemies-scandals/
In the letter, the senior churchmen said that if the reformers succeeded in changing the church's approach to modern families it could send the Catholic Church down the path of Protestant denominations that abandoned "key elements of Christian belief and practice in the name of pastoral adaptation."… In recent months, and with growing intensity since the synod opened, conservatives have accused reformers of "rigging" the synod and of engaging in skullduggery and various media "manipulations" to achieve changes—charges the letter from the cardinals seemed to support.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a38870/pope-francis-enemies-scandals/