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POPE REBUKES  ‘SATANIC’  SOCIETY – <\/strong><\/p>\n

There. That’s for anyone doing internet searches based on what they read on Drudge. Thanks for landing here. Here’s the context:<\/p>\n

Go here to read the text of the Stations of the Cross that Pope Benedict will be praying tonight at the Colisseum. <\/a> (You have to click on the paintings to get the text of each one)<\/p>\n

From the Third Station:<\/p>\n

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Lord,
we have lost our sense of sin!
Today a slick campaign of propaganda
is spreading an inane apologia of evil,
a senseless cult of Satan,
a mindless desire for transgression,
a dishonest and frivolous freedom,
exalting impulsiveness, immorality and selfishness
as if they were new heights of sophistication. <\/p>\n

Lord Jesus,
open our eyes:
let us see the filth around us
and recognize it for what it is,
so that a single tear of sorrow
can restore us to purity of heart
and the breadth of true freedom.
Open our eyes,
Lord, Jesus!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And then go visit the American Papist for more critiques of the TimesUK skewing of the story<\/a> and the implication that "Ah! Here’s that Panzer Pope we knew was there all along!"<\/p>\n

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