Best line of the day

“Very much more serious is the role of Joseph Ratzinger, before the church decided to make him supreme leader, in obstructing justice on a global scale. After his promotion to cardinal, he was put in charge of the so-called ‘Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’ (formerly known as the Inquisition).”

Christopher Hitchens

But tell us what you really think, Hitch:

“Ratzinger himself may be banal, but his whole career has the stench of evil …”.