by Anura Guruge
on July 1, 2023
The link from the first image takes you to an article that claims to explain how & why this book came to be — given that it was written by a Catholic priest under the vow of celibacy (though NOT continence). It is written in the first person — so there is an implication that he himself wrote this.
Early on he equates a kiss with a hickey!
Maybe he is a tad ignorant on the subject & needs more exposure.
I will let you do some reading on your own.
I just hope he was NOT practicing on … Well we all know what Catholic priests are now most famous for. I will also refrain from making in jokes as to who he must have been kissing up to at the Vatican.
He & Francis are compatriots & have known each other for a longtime.
He is not yet a cardinal. So, Francis will surely have to have a consistory soon to give him a red hat. You can’t have him, especially given that he wrote this book, not being a cardinal.
I am indebted to my onetime collaborator, Louis Epstein, for bringing this book to my attention. He did so this morning by e-mail. You can always rely on Louis for wonderful nuggets of information like this. That is his forte. No one can do research like he can. Thank YOU, Louis. This made my day.
