{"id":8210,"date":"2004-01-09T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2004-01-09T09:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/the_cardinal_and_the_code.html"},"modified":"2004-01-09T09:32:36","modified_gmt":"2004-01-09T09:32:36","slug":"the_cardinal_and_the_code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/the_cardinal_and_the_code.html","title":{"rendered":"The Cardinal and the Code"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cathleen Falsani chats up Cardinal George on DVC<\/a><\/p>\n

He’s pretty miffed.<\/p>\n

“Jesus isn’t God but Mary Magdalene is a goddess? I mean, what does that mean? If he’s not God, why is he married to a goddess? That part, it drives me crazy. What also drives me crazy is that in the present atmosphere of extreme suspicion of the Catholic church, well you see, they covered up the sex abuse and now they’re covering up the fact that Jesus wasn’t God,” he said. <\/p>\n

But, if Brown’s story is true, the cardinal’s in on the grand conspiracy.<\/p>\n

“All I have to say is, nobody ever told me to keep secret the fact that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene,” George said.<\/p>\n

I’m inclined to believe him. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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