{"id":20507,"date":"2015-11-03T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?p=20507"},"modified":"2015-11-03T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:12:40","slug":"shock-horror-corruption-in-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2015\/11\/shock-horror-corruption-in-the-vatican.html","title":{"rendered":"Shock Horror!! Corruption in the Vatican!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"shock\"<\/a>Two people have been arrested at the Vatican for leaking information about alleged corruption in the Vatican. This report recounts the sensational news that is about to be published in two new books, one by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi.<\/p>\n

Nuzzi\u2019s 2012 best-seller, \u201cHis Holiness,\u201d based on leaked papal correspondence detailing corruption, infighting and intrigue in the Vatican has been cited by some as inspiring Benedict XVI\u2019s stunning resignation from the papacy in 2013.<\/p>\n

According to the publishers, Nuzzi\u2019s new book, \u201cMerchants in the Temple: Inside Pope Francis\u2019s Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican,\u201d promises to reveal \u201cheretofore untold, unbelievable stories of scandal and corruption at the highest levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA veritable war is waging in the Catholic Church,\u201d a news release quotes Nuzzi as saying. \u201cOn one side, there is Pope Francis\u2019 strong message for one church of the poor\u201d and on the other, \u201cthere is the opaque and aggressive power systems within the Vatican\u2019s hierarchy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why is this a surprise? The article reports that \u201cscandal and intrigue still swirl, as they have for centuries, through the largely closed world of the Vatican\u2019s administrative bureaucracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has always seemed odd to me that people should be surprised, shocked and horrified that there is corruption in the Vatican and hypocrisy in the Church. Jesus said, \u201cThe poor you shall have with you always.\u201d and this applies to the poor, wretched sinners as well as the poor, wretched impoverished people.<\/p>\n

The history of the church reads like the Old Testament. It is a seriously seamy story of sinners stumbling and falling, getting up again and trying once more. Why is this a surprise? Isn\u2019t that what you would expect? Isn\u2019t that what your life is like?<\/p>\n

Furthermore, aren\u2019t you suspicious of a church that\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0<\/em>corrupt? When you come across those squeaky clean sects where everybody has their hair combed, their shoes shined, their neckties tied and their trousers ironed\u2013don\u2019t you get creeped out? Aren\u2019t you wary of all those toothy grins, the pious platitudes and the surface perfection? If it seems to good to be true. Guess what? It\u2019s not true.\u00a0Continue Reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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