The Pope... Is he really a holy man that serves God. I hear all kinds of stories about the pope being into the Maffia and stuff like that. I even heared he support prostitution! Can anyone please tell me what is real and what isn't. If anyone of the Maffia reads this, i didn't do it!

I have never heard an arguement in either direction. My knowledge of the Catholic Church is limited but as I understand it the pope is an elected official of the Catholic Church nothing more.

i know there's this one guy whos been elected as some high bishop recently who said the whole world should answer to the vatican..yeah right

go figure

There is that book of David Yallop that might interest you:
http://www.puritans.net/bookreviewingodsname.htm


There might be some hiden scandals at the Vatican but I think that the pope JPII is honest.

LOL, can you imagine telling a Christian, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, or any other religious belief that they should answer to the Vatican. Ohhhhh My it would get very ugly in a hurry.

lol yeah he's German or something and was complaining that there was too much secularism

My beef with Catholosism is that they say that there are ranks in how people are associated with God, when no man has more a right. Sure, the Pope definatley has God in his life more than we do, but he shouldn't have a right to tell us what God says or has a greater say in God's word.