Maureen Dowd on Catholicism and nuns in particular:
Hard pressed to say what’s more interesting, the column or the comments on the column. The six-paragraph long comment blaming Vatican II, and liberalism, for the pedophilia scandal is jaw-droppingly creepy.
What a contrast between the beauty and expressiveness of the churches in Italy — which I just saw in August — and what this religion has come to stand for. Sad indeed.
Not that sad. The buildings aren’t to blame. The people operating within them are.
An idea I’ve had for some time is to keep these structures as they are, but clean up house. That is, to use these buildings for meditation and other metaphysical good stuff.