Monday, November 13, 2006

Catholic Church Giving Up Property to Muslims

Joseph Hippolito's Slouching Toward Suicide tells us the church is giving away its facilities and land to muslims for reasons political. This is why the separation of church and state is so important -- we don't want our clergy to mistake what they perceive as the greater social good with their most important task: the saving of souls.
In Glasgow in 2003, Catholic officials approved attempts by Muslims to turn St. Albert’s School into an Islamic institution. More than 90 percent of the school’s 360 students were Muslim.

“We are in favor of Muslim schools,” an unidentified church spokesman told Edinburgh’s The Scotsman on Nov. 23, 2003. “We support faith schools across the board. In the case of St. Albert’s, we see a school in which for 95 percent of the children, the festival of Eid has more significance than Christmas or Easter. It is de facto not a Catholic school."

Remember when priests used to be, like, pro-Jesus? It was as if they thought He was the only way to salvation, or something. Interesting to see how flexible they've gotten.

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