Don't be so quick to judge:

Matthew Fox (also in Salon):

Now we have the Inquisitor General of the 21st century, who led the assault on theologians and women, yoga (“dangerous” because it gets you too much in touch with your body), homosexuals (who are “evil”), liberation theology, ecumenism and interfaith, made “spiritual head” of 1.1 billion people.

Indian news wire:

Pope admires Indian culture, yoga

Acharuparambil, who continued as a rector for eight years, remembers Ratzinger as a widely read man, highly inquisitive about yoga.

He believed yoga, through meditation and contemplation, was the perfect health approach, said Acharuparambil, who had served at the university for 24 years.

Which is it? While we are predisposed not to like the new pope, one should be careful when reading various stories about the man. Maybe he doesn't like yoga. Maybe he does. There will be a lot of stuff tossed around in the media in the coming weeks. Don't swallow everything you read.

posted by Quiddity at 4/20/2005 03:25:00 AM