Lawyers Want to Question Vatican Official

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federal judge Friday to let them question a top-ranking Vatican official about a church doctrine that might permit him to lie under oath.

Archbishop William Levada, the San Francisco prelate who earlier this year became the Vatican's guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy, has agreed to be questioned during a Jan. 9 deposition about his tenure as archbishop of Portland from 1986 to 1995.

Attorneys for the victims want to ask Levada whether he would rely on the so-called doctrine of "mental reservation" when answering questions at the deposition in San Francisco.

The Catholic church teaches it is a sin to lie, but the doctrine of mental reservation allows for circumstances when it may be better to avoid the truth to serve a higher purpose.

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Everything is so backwards

:crazy:

[ngGale]

2. I shall remember this when....

the church gives me a hard time, like they did over John Kerry.

The doctrine of mental reservation allows for circumstances when it may be better to avoid the truth to serve a higher purpose.

And I did, I voted for Kerry...now I have NO guilt.O8) LOL!