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In reply to the discussion: "Monsignors' mutiny" revealed by Vatican leaks [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,544 posts)really gathering "legs" in Europe now. No wonder the Vatican is against contraception. In Spain, the Church collaborated with the Franco regime and even raised funds by lying to mothers they deemed "unfit" and selling their babies on. This abhorrent practice did not necessarily stop when the Franco regime ended.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15335899
That report is from November. Here's a follow-up from January. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/05/spain-stolen-babies-scandal
This week, local TV stations will be showing their own documentaries on the subject.
Methinks that the Vatican should clean its own house before getting into everyone else's bedroom. It certainly has no consistent moral compass where it perceives that its own interests lie and therefore little credibility.
These people should be on their knees apologizing to the many genuinely good priests and nuns I have known who are nothing like the upper echelons in the hierarchy - and never will be. Thank heavens!
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