Pope Has Hots for Africa

Waving bye-bye

I wouldn't have to blog so much about Roman Catholicism if the boys in charge would just stop doing crazy shit.

For instance, 'they' suggested everyone give up their technological gadgets for Lent. I'm not arguing that twittering and blogging isn't a distraction to a spiritual path, but how can I take advice from a group that just started its own YouTube channel?

Then we blogged about the young girl in Brazil whose doctor and mother were excommunicated because they didn't think it was a good idea that she give birth to twins since she's only 9 years old and had been raped by her stepfather (who is now in jail, incidentally). Well, the Vatican is supporting the Brazilian Archbishop who gave them the traditional boot up their asses. You see, those unborn fetuses didn't ask to be conceived. Well guess what? That little kid didn't ask to be raped.

Now Pope Benedict XVI has announced he's going to take his show on the road. First he's going to Africa about which he says "...that continent, which is particularly dear to me.'' I had no idea.

Then in May he will be going to "the Holy Land." I still have trouble calling parts of the Middle East "the Holy Land" since it's such an unholy mess.

Hopefully the Pope won't say anything untoward during his travels, but I'm not betting on it. I'm sure he will find a way to put his Prada clad tootsies in his mouth.