What is going on at the Vatican? The powers that be at the Powers That Be appear to have initiated a radical new business development strategy. How else could you possibly explain the half-hearted and poorly executed apology for the handling of child abuse by the church authorities which has battered the reputation of Papa Ratzi and the Vatican for the past few weeks? How else could you explain the latest development in this whole sorry episode - Cardinal Bertone, the Pope's second in command, claiming that there "is a relation between homosexuality and paedophilia"? Could it be that the Vatican is trying to attract customers in new markets? That it believes that this kind of prejudice and complacency will appeal to conservative Catholics particularly in Africa? Or could it be sheer incompetence - they are just really bad communicators with no control over the message and no idea how the story will play out? I am not sure which is worse.
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