Should There Be an Inquisition for the Pope?

I love the Catholic church - well I was born into it; it formed me. I'm thinking though that Maureen Dowd has got some important issues in her opinion essay. Here she goes:
"It doesn’t seem right that the Catholic Church is spending Holy Week practicing the unholy art of spin."
It is easier to teach others to engage in a ritual of mea culpa than to do it yourself. If only the church would humbly repeat: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, that could bring some sanity to its community.
One of my friends replied to his article. See #106. Interesting.
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Shell apologises

Isn't this funny?

"Today, Royal Dutch Shell is holding back the tears no more. Shell apologises to all inhabitants of Nigeria’s Niger Delta for the many years of human rights violations, for which Shell takes full responsibility.

Confronted with massive evidence of human rights violations that can only be attributed to its operations in the Niger Delta, Royal Dutch Shell is extremely proud to be the first international petrochemical company to publicly say:

We are sorry.

For Years, Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest’s Abuse

This is very troubling:
"They were deaf, but they were not silent. For decades, a group of men who were sexually abused as children by the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin reported to every type of official they could think of that he was a danger, according to the victims and church documents."

What I personally detest in the Catholic church is the persistent attitude of not listening to people in pains and eventually turning to blame the victims. I am ready to pardon all human weaknesses; in fact, no one expects people to be perfect all the time, but at least one should acknowledge one's mistakes. Criticize a Catholic priest and he would ask his faithful to pray for you. I detest this with my whole heart.
Anyway, this is one of the torrents of scandals rocking the church. I hope that the church wakes up. It has so much to lose, and we wouldn't be better served if the church becomes that weak.
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The Niger Delta Mess

I thought you might want to know some of what is happening in the Niger Delta. These photos document the Environmental pollution in the Niger Delta thanks to the Western oil companies.
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The New Face of American Imperialism

How sweet it is to know that my people are better than your people, my God better than your god, my wife better than yours, my everything better than your everything. Take my way of life and be redeemed from your damned life. This is what the West has consistently done to the rest of us. This is also what the rest of us do to the rest of us. Anyway, besides the historical facts of economic and cultural conquests orchestrated by the West, there is now a new wave of religious influence emanating from the US and spreading to Africa.
This article details how the horrible Ugandan anti-gay initiatives are being sponsored by the American religious right.
See the article.

How to Make the Mind Matter in Nigeria

Have you seen this little piece of mine? I thought you might like it. It's about creating a sound intellectual culture in Nigeria. No society ever thrives without having this fundamental aspect of human civilization. If you are rich - and God knows I pray that you are - you might consider sponsoring one of the ideas expressed in that piece. Or call your rich friend and tell him/her about it.
Okay, here is the article.
Here is the correct LINK