Thursday, October 17, 2019

Popes who become gods

It is not good for a pope to live 20 years. It is an anomaly and bears no good fruit; he becomes a god, and has no one to contradict him, does not know facts, and does cruel things without meaning it.

Saint John Henry Newman commenting on his views on the 31-year papcy of Pius IX.

No comments:

Featured Post

Sixty year-old man believes Sinn Féin can solve problems

Two strangers get chatting on the Luas. One man has a large shopping bag full of empty plastic bottles and drink cans. He gets chatting to t...