Blank Frank says that even vermin can go to heaven.

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4. "...his progressive reputation..."???

It was hard reading past that line, I was laughing so much. When they really try, nobody does comedy better than the Vatican and its apologists.

Frankenweenie is just trying to do a careful tightrope walk, between the Church conservatives on one side and what passes for Catholic progressives on the other.

And just as he has done before, he will waffle on this if some Sophisticated Theologian like Mel Gibson criticizes him. "Er, uh, no, I only meant the GOOD Interfaithy non-believers. Not the vermin. God thinks they suck and He can't wait to toss them into hellfire, along with the Commies, gays and women who had abortions."