Ratzinger Smells Money AND He Wants To Be Queen!

He also wants to get a ride on Uganda's anti-homosexuality bandwagon -
(courtesy of Rick Warren)

So now Pope Benedict XVI wants to welcome disgruntled Anglicans into the Roman Catholic fold. Why? Is it a blatant act of bigotry? Or does he simply want to act the part of a Samaritan to arch conservatives?

Neither.

It's money.

And the British Monarchy

Let's conjecture here: could Benedict be taking his cues from the one and only Rick Warren? It's possible:

Minority groups in Western provinces have stated their opposition to what they consider unscriptural actions by the Churches of England, Canada, Australia, and the ECUSA, and in the United States, some (such as the Anglican Mission in the Americas and the Convocation of Anglicans in North America) have withdrawn their affiliation with the ECUSA and realigned themselves with African provinces such as the Churches of Uganda and Rwanda.

Since Rick Warren has Uganda snuggled nestled in his back pocket (let's just hope he doesn't sit down!), Benedict might have seen the efficacy of letting the Anglicans enter the Church of Rome through the back door while allowing Anglican priests to keep their wives. Although Uganda's clerics have a slightly more paranoid fear of homosexuals:

On July 9, 2008, The New Vision Newspaper reported that Archbishop Orombi had addressed the West Ankole diocese alleging a threatening atmosphere or conspiracy by homosexuals to cause him harm, saying, "Nowadays, I don’t wear my collar when I am in countries which have supporters of homosexuals. I am forced to dress like a civilian because those people are dangerous. They can harm anybody who is against them. Some of them are killers. They want to close the mouth of anybody who is against them."

Warren. Orombi. Benedict. Looks like Uganda's gays don't have a chance of survival against Christofascists. The closets of Uganda will be overflowing.