Found in some old newspaper clippings I've kept because they tickled my funny bone:
"It's hard to say you're sorry, especially when you're infallible. But Benedict offered words of apology. He's sorry people felt bad. That's known in Vatican terminology as a "me-a-kinda." It's a time-honoured tradition in the Catholic Church dating back to the Inquisition when Pope Innocent IV said, 'We deeply regret the fact that so many non-believers happen to be flammable.' "
(I don't recall the story to which this refers. I would cite the author or the paper if I could, for this is no doubt deserved of citation.)
"It's hard to say you're sorry, especially when you're infallible. But Benedict offered words of apology. He's sorry people felt bad. That's known in Vatican terminology as a "me-a-kinda." It's a time-honoured tradition in the Catholic Church dating back to the Inquisition when Pope Innocent IV said, 'We deeply regret the fact that so many non-believers happen to be flammable.' "
(I don't recall the story to which this refers. I would cite the author or the paper if I could, for this is no doubt deserved of citation.)
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