A Catholic Blogger, James Preece, who blogs on his, 'Catholic and Loving It' site, has valiantly defended the Holy Father...on TV! Check out the story at 'My Heart Was Restless', the faithful musings of a young Catholic in Yorkshire. Check out her conversion story too, very good. Incredibly, in the TV show The Big Questions, 'the topic of discussion this week was "Is the Pope a liability?" Nicky Campbell introduces the panel, which includes the former advisor to Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Sir Stephen Wall, who "thinks so [that the Pope is a liability!]".
Sir Stephen Wall describes himself as a "recently lapsed Catholic" calls the Pope "accident prone" and "plain loopy". He says that "the Catholic Church's views against morality have changed" and that the Holy Father's views are "deeply offensive". Meanwhile, James Preece defended the Pope saying, "the language of love is sacrifice... the Pope is willing to be as unpopular as Christ...What the Pope is trying to do is lead people to a life liberated by Christ. If you are leading your life defined around sex, the Pope is to be expected to advise against that", he said.
Apparently, he was so delighted to be on TV that he gazed into Heaven and waved up towards the the Blessed Virgin and said, "Hi Mum!"
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