(np) New Pope?

[Paul Mackin]

On 2/13/2013 8:03 AM, Monte Davis wrote:
>
> Not that the Times had contributed anything to the buildup of Joshu 
> Sasaki:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/us/09zen.html
>
> Several Mahayana teachers have been important to me over the years, 
> but there's one lama I would never trust alone in a room with eclairs 
> or cannoli.
>

Sex is such an enormously big deal in the West--and seems to get bigger 
the more it is used to sell products.  Zen comes in from the East and 
sort of upsets the applecart as it were.  Does anyone else wonder about 
all of this?

P


> *From:*owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Keith Davis
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 12, 2013 8:57 PM
> *To:* David Morris
> *Cc:* Markekohut; malignd at aol.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
> *Subject:* Re: (np) New Pope?
>
> How about this?
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/world/asia/zen-buddhists-roiled-by-accusations-against-teacher.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130212
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:45 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com 
> <mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/opinion/the-pope-could-still-right-the-wrongs.html?ref=opinion
>
> Still, Benedict has one last chance to right some of the wrongs of the 
> recent past by forcing out Cardinal Angelo Sodano 
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/angelo_sodano/index.html?inline=nyt-per>, 
> the dean of the College of Cardinals and the man who, more than any 
> other, embodies the misuse of power that has corrupted the church 
> hierarchy.
>
> [...]
>
> But Cardinal Sodano ranks with the Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony 
> as an egregious practitioner of the cover up. As John Paul II's 
> secretary of state, he pressured Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future 
> Pope Benedict, in two notorious cases.
>
> In 1995, Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër resigned as archbishop of Vienna, 
> trailed by accusations, soon proven, that he had abused young men. 
> Cardinal Ratzinger wanted the pope to speak out; Cardinal Sodano 
> overruled him.
>
> Cardinal Sodano also pressured Cardinal Ratzinger to abort a case 
> filed in 1998 by several men accusing the Rev. Marcial Maciel 
> Degollado, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, of abusing them as 
> seminarians. Cardinal Sodano was a longtime beneficiary of money and 
> favors from Father Maciel. Priests who left the order told me he 
> received at least $15,000 in cash.
>
>             He was personally involved in protecting pedophiles.  I
>             hope he rots.
>
>
>
>
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