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Quote by: bishop aids in africa was the pope's fault??? heh, nice one.
john paul was one of the first people to speak out for the starving millions in africa - while politicians throughout the western world looked the other way. maybe westerners ignoring that issue is just as bad? |
I think you have probably read enough of my stuff to know that I have no sympathy or tolerance for many western governments, so I don't think that card plays.
But as for the pope, I fail to see how his policy could have been in any way beneficial towards the situation, and a very strong argument, can and is, being made too suggest that he and the policies of his church were very harmful. To blame him directly for the deaths is perhaps on the harsh side, but he and his policies certainly must take an element of responcibility, direct or indirect.