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   Wednesday, August 13, 2003

NOW I KNOW WHO POLISHES THE MARBLE

Following on from my Vatican rant on August 1, I see that the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance have some fine essays on the gay marriage debate. What really surprised me, though, is their history lesson on another social debate the Catholic Church took the wrong side on: slavery! It's a fascinating read but here's the money quote, straight from the 1866 Vatican:

"Slavery itself...is not at all contrary to the natural and divine law...The purchaser [of the slave] should carefully examine whether the slave who is put up for sale has been justly or unjustly deprived of his liberty, and that the vendor should do nothing which might endanger the life, virtue, or Catholic faith of the slave."