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Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
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Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
From the Washington Post:

When doctors and nurses at the Vatican’s showcase children’s hospital complained in 2014 that corners were being cut and medical protocols ignored, the Vatican responded by ordering up a secret in-house investigation. The diagnosis: The original mission of “the pope’s hospital” had been lost and was “today more aimed at profit than on caring for children.”

Three years later, an Associated Press investigation found that Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus) Pediatric Hospital did indeed shift its focus in ways big and small under its past administration, which governed from 2008 to 2015. As the hospital expanded services and tried to make a money-losing Vatican enterprise turn a profit, children sometimes paid the price.



My take:

So, trying to run the hospital as a profit center turned out be a little more challenging for the Vatican than expected, and children paid the price for the fail.  I think I could invoke some scripture, maybe even a Commandment or two . . .
 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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RE: Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
The church long ago shifted from Jesus' teachings in order to focus primarily on monetary gain.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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RE: Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
Just the fact that they live in opulent palaces, knowing Jesus had no love for wealth in the bible, shows how quickly christianity fell away from the source. The bible gives examples of people going to hell specifically because they were rich, or because they had a good life on earth. Unfortunately you kind of need money and power if you want your religion to spread in the first place. Seems like a catch 22.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
Hasn't money and power always been the primary focus of any church/religion? Any good deeds are just gravy to get more payees in the door.
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RE: Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
Quote: So, trying to run the hospital as a profit center turned out be a little more challenging for the Vatican than expected

Even the WLB figured out that it was "complicated."  Who knew?
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RE: Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
They spent $93 million on the new cathedral in Los Angeles, including $750,000 on a chair for the archbishop.

I'm pretty sure I have identified their god, and he does indeed exist here on this earth: wealth.

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RE: Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
Wait, a children's hospital and the Vatican?

Isn't that, you know, dangerous?
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A cynic might maintain the kids are lucky to suffer nothing worse than deficient medical care . . . .
 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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(July 7, 2017 at 2:37 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: Wait, a children's hospital and the Vatican?

Isn't that, you know, dangerous?

On the bright side, rectal bleeding gets prompt treatment.

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RE: Vatican Children's Hospital showcasing something besides excellence in child care
(July 7, 2017 at 3:09 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(July 7, 2017 at 2:37 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: Wait, a children's hospital and the Vatican?

Isn't that, you know, dangerous?

On the bright side, rectal bleeding gets prompt treatment.

Yes.  It's called evidence tampering.
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