News that the Pope has been given a Thought for the Day slot on BBC Radio 4 on Christmas Eve may be a coup for the BBC, but it is a slap in the face for the thousands of clerical abuse victims who are still waiting for justice.
The Pope will be allotted an uninterrupted and unchallenged platform in which to continue to claim that he is the source of all that is good and the enemy of all that is bad. In reality, it is the other way round.
Last two sentences, especially the end part, sound like they were written by a twelve year old.
Could they have possibly picked a more ogrelike photo of the Pontiff? That looks like kindergarten journalism to me.
I may waste no love on the Pope, but this is offensive journalism, mere namecalling. L
I think clergy abuse victims likely have more anger towards local church authorities than +++++Benedict, so I don’t see how that’s a slap in the face.
After desperately trying to think of something erudite, or at least irenic to offer in response to this, I keep coming back to the immortal line from Detective Stan Wojciehowicz of the NYPD’s 12th precinct.
“Why don’t you go blow it out your ear!”
A close runner up was Archie Bunker offering the Bronx Salute.
Give it a rest, people.
It is a coup for the BBC – good for them. Normally we have to make do with Tom Butler and Giles Fraser pontificating.
But what a lot of noise the NSS make. You wouldn’t think that they only had a few thousand members, and even more surprising is the attention the media pay to them.
I’m glad a traditional Christian has the “Thought for the Day”.