{"id":5838,"date":"2013-11-08T11:59:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T19:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedudeabides\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2015-03-10T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:02:48","slug":"pontifexcellent-the-graft-stops-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedudeabides\/2013\/11\/08\/pontifexcellent-the-graft-stops-here\/","title":{"rendered":"@PONTIFEXCELLENT: The Graft Stops Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Yes he\u2019s a sweetheart, but Papa Frank is also tough as nails.<\/p>\n

In his homily at early morning mass in Domus Sanctae Marthae (the hostel where he lives), the pope talked about bribery \u2014 a practice that has become, in some quarters of his new country and Vatican City itself \u2014 all too common.<\/p>\n

According to the National Catholic Reporter<\/em><\/a>, Il Papa said, in part:<\/p>\n

\u201cDevotees of the goddess of kickbacks\u201d bring home \u201cdirty bread\u201d for their children to eat\u2026.\u201dTheir children, perhaps educated in expensive colleges, perhaps raised in well-educated circles, have received filth as a meal from their father,\u201d rendering them \u201cstarved of dignity,\u201d he said in his homily, according to Vatican Radio.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps it starts out with a small envelope (of cash), but it\u2019s like a drug,\u201d he said, and \u201cthe bribery habit becomes an addiction.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/fjxZT2eDyRk<\/p>\n