Tuesday, September 04, 2018

VATICAN VICISSITUDES (weekly poem)

VATICAN VICISSITUDES

Pope Francis in Ireland expressed remorse for the sins of his Church.
Recently the Irish Taoiseach claimed that in future the Catholic
Church would not automatically be included in his Government’s
decisions although it funded one-third of the recent Papal visit.

“Oh God forgive the children who,
Forced Catholic priests to sin;
Their innocence a mask to hide,
Their sinful origin”. (1)

“Oh God forgive men who seduced,
Our Clergy to have sex;
May He in His love for such men,
Curse them with a death hex”.

“Oh God forgive the women who've,
Lured Clerics to their bed;
May such old slags be quickly dunked,
And drowned until they're dead”.

“Oh God, forgive those who exposed,
The sins of Mother Church;
Let's hope He sends them all to Hell,
And leaves them in the lurch.

“Oh God forgive our Priesthood who've,
Committed vile sex-crimes;
May they in conscience truly say,
'Hail Mary' twenty times”.

“Oh God forgive the Catholic Church,
For showing that the 'Blest';
Are ten times more corrupt than all,
The so-called wicked rest”.

(1) Original sin—perhaps the most pernicious of all religious doctrines.

© Richard Layton

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