BBC: Maybe Pope Benedict Is Not So Stupid After All
Look who's discovered that one of the most incisive theologians of the last century is a good theologian:
Some argue that the question of limbo has taken on fresh urgency because it could be hindering the Church's conversion of Africa and Asia, where infant mortality rates are high. An article in the UK's Times newspaper this week suggested that the "Pope - an acknowledged authority on all things Islamic - is only too aware that Muslims believe the souls of stillborn babies go straight to heaven".
Of course they can't bring themselves to actually write it as their own advocacy (ergo the weasel 'here's a quote from somewhere else that we may or may not agree with' tactic), but the effect is the same - an admission of a widespread consensus that the Pope is much smarter than the BBC, especially regarding Islam. And to think: it was less than a month ago when their own David Willey - looking for any way to distract the public from violent Muslims being violent because they were accused of being violent - said that the Pope was too sheltered to know anything about Islam.
Some argue that the question of limbo has taken on fresh urgency because it could be hindering the Church's conversion of Africa and Asia, where infant mortality rates are high. An article in the UK's Times newspaper this week suggested that the "Pope - an acknowledged authority on all things Islamic - is only too aware that Muslims believe the souls of stillborn babies go straight to heaven".
Of course they can't bring themselves to actually write it as their own advocacy (ergo the weasel 'here's a quote from somewhere else that we may or may not agree with' tactic), but the effect is the same - an admission of a widespread consensus that the Pope is much smarter than the BBC, especially regarding Islam. And to think: it was less than a month ago when their own David Willey - looking for any way to distract the public from violent Muslims being violent because they were accused of being violent - said that the Pope was too sheltered to know anything about Islam.
