The Vatican is highly revered the world over even by many non-Christians in Asia.
By entering the US Elections fray, this Pope risked dragging the sacred image and the prestige of the Vatican down into political sleaze gutters.
His words were strong and direct. Such statements need not be made because you will be forced to stand by them after having said them! What makes the scenario ugly is when his aides come up with back spins, top spins and side spins to attempt to blunt the message because it is taking a beating after breaking out. It unnecessarily allowed Trump to triumph momentarily and made cheap political mileage out of it.
These spins looked and sounded like the kind of antics Ted Cruz's team would get up to. But that seemed palatable. They are in politics, dirty as that may be.
It's unpleasant to talk about the Pope in this "light" and I will stop here. You can do your own projections and inferences from this one poignant scene from the media. It's like the movie "The Passion of the Christ" as directed by Mel Gibson. From the one seemingly unending gory scene, you fill out the rest of the background yourself, if you have read the Bible.
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