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Pope Gives Worthwhile Advice

  • Posted by: Alexandra Marvar
  • on July 20, 2008 at 11:26 pm

On the Pope’s visit to Australia, which revolved around apologizing for gross offenses committed by the Catholic church against humanity, among other things, he also got around to warning teens against “shallowness, apathy and self-absorption.” Which is actually very timely, because as you might recall, last week the overwhelming narcissism of today’s youth was breaking news.

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