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Note to the Vatican: You want true sin? Here you go: Lying to women is a sin. Pathological hypocrisy is a sin. Half a billion dollars in pedophilia lawsuit payouts is a sin. Homophobia is a sin. Hiding those golden vaginas is a sin. And creating new sins in a strange attempt to stay relevant as your church withers and struggles and falters in the new and spiritually hungry but religiously mistrustful world, that's surely a sin.
No, wait. Check that. That's not a sin at all. It's actually just a sad, inexcusable joke.
As usual, Mark Morford hits the nail on the head. Easter has fallen off my calendar radar during my many years of liberation from The Church, and folks like Matt keep me from ever feeling nostalgic. Mazel Tov.
