The ecumenical effort of this government deserves our humble acknowledgment and the lighting of some candles for Saint Pancracio. They had told us they were fools and atheists, but five years in Moncloa produced a miracle comparable only to the multiplication of loaves, fishes and official protection apartments. Sánchez the anticlerical has become Sánchez the multiclerical and Spain is suddenly filled with confessions whose lottery tickets do not pay the IBI, that demonic tax that yields only to the smell of incense. Yolanda’s visit to Pope Francis had already given us a clue to this turn in religious politics. Those little looks of ecstasy, those “holy father” here, “holy father” there, those touching little gifts… The audience lasts another ten minutes and Yolanda becomes a nun. We would have lost a great vice president, that’s true, but who knows if we hadn’t gotten a prioress with a good hand for shortbread. The only problem I see with this ‘urbi et orbi’ edition of the IBI is that there are many religions and some forms of spirituality can feel discriminated against. I think, without going any further, in the PNV. One day I heard Joseba Egibar on the radio talking about the seven thousand years of history of the Basque people and I thought he was reciting verses from Deuteronomy. I also ask the government to pay attention to my union. It has always been said that journalism is a priesthood and at least I regularly take communion under both types, although I must confess that I sometimes add a little soda to the wine in the summer, which seems irrelevant to me from the point of view of fiscal view.
Source: La Verdad
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