Pope's butler to face theft trial

Richard Caruana

Aug 14th 2012, 08:17

So much for not to judge and wait for the judgement of God as only He can judge us.

I guess mercy and forgiveness only apply when it is not the church that is wronged. Even if the pope cannot by himself (though he is the leader of the sovereign state of the Vatican) pardon this person, he could have retracted the accusations as the theft was done in a private property as per se.

G Falzon

Aug 13th 2012, 15:04

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the centre of the court,they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.
"Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?"
They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.
But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the centre of the court."
John 8:1-9

Charles J. Buttigieg

Aug 13th 2012, 13:55

What the butler saw.