tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21346696.post5904268127427783902..comments2009-06-29T03:24:29.537-04:00Deirdrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106311465508277283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21346696.post-59195024971442186012009-06-29T03:24:29.537-04:002009-06-29T03:24:29.537-04:00The feast on June 29 is also the end of the RC "Year of Saint Paul" (and devout RC souls can acquire partial and plenary indulgences for participating in the festivities and pilgrimages associated with this year-long celebration). Some of Pope Benedict's scholarly work from the past is awesome. Sadly, some of his pastoral efforts aren't as awesome (e.g., comparing gay marriage to global warming). We (my husband and me, Episcopal and Bulgarian Orthodox) went to a papal audience at Castel Gandolfo this summer. We wanted to lovingly greet the Holy Father, up close, in his own German language so we wore logo t-shirts (which we concealed under other shirts until he came out on the balcony). We were fairly close to him. Our shirts said "Ich bin schwul - und das ist gut so!" ("I am gay and that's a good thing"). There were some other folks wearing shirts which said "stercus accidit" in Latin, which I found very funny. You can't get away with stuff like that at St.Peter's. I am not ridiculing the old custom of relics of saints, but it seems quite impossible to decide (with certainty) that very old relics are the real deal.Марко Фризияhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246484653250580215noreply@blogger.com