tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post7258234216729344521..comments2023-10-21T13:33:22.177+02:00Comments on Thoughts from a Catholic Oasis: Pope Benedict's visit to Germany: Part 2 Some possible answers to questions posed in Part IJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419516065899508757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post-46601595557713841262011-09-30T12:08:22.064+02:002011-09-30T12:08:22.064+02:00Genty: Thanks for your much appreciated comment. I...Genty: Thanks for your much appreciated comment. I'll do my best not to disappoint you with Part 3!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419516065899508757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post-86863011465552229442011-09-30T11:31:57.158+02:002011-09-30T11:31:57.158+02:00You are articulating so well many things which hav...You are articulating so well many things which have been bugging me. What one had heard about the state of the Catholic Church in Germany, one saw with one's own eyes. <br />You mention looking at the camera. At one event which stuck in my mind, though I can't remember which, it was more of a mass love-in with the camera, even in the presence of the Pope. <br />Why did they think they were there - to be validated by seeing themselves grinning and waving on a big screen? <br />Accompanied by bottom-feeding rock-style music and a band that jigged around, it was such a travesty that I hit the off-switch pdq.<br />That such awfulness was allowed is inexplicable. Did the German hierarchy tell the Pope that no-one would turn out for a solemn liturgy or vigil? Was the Pope being particularly generous to his countrymen, perhaps aware he may never see his homeland again?<br />A great puzzlement to be sure. And as for that more than louche "cabaret" well, words fail me.Gentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569143943867323153noreply@blogger.com