by emad » Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:02 am
Bishop admits church has received drug money <br><br>Jo Tuckman in Mexico City<br>Thursday September 22, 2005<br>The Guardian <br><br><br>A Mexican bishop has admitted that the local Catholic church receives donations from drug traffickers, but claimed these are "purified" through good works.<br>Bishop Ramón Godínez said "bad money shouldn't be burned it should be transformed".<br><br>He said the church should ignore the origins of donations just as Jesus showed no curiosity about the expensive perfume Mary Magdalene used to wash his feet.<br><br>Government officials have said that receiving illicit money is illegal, but shied away from opening a money laundering investigation into the church.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1575249,00.html">www.guardian.co.uk/intern...49,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=emad@rigorousintuition>emad</A> at: 9/23/05 9:40 am<br></i>