Catholic Leadership

[Danzig]

i figure in about four hundred years a pope will apologize for all this. that's about how long it took for an apology after the inquisitions ended. i understand the current pope wants to re-start the prayer for the conversion of jews as well.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i figure in about four hundred years a pope will apologize for all this. that's about how long it took for an apology after the inquisitions ended. i understand the current pope wants to re-start the prayer for the conversion of jews as well.

they're incapable of dealing with this issue in a way that satisfies anyone outside. no modern institution works like the vatican other than the vatican.

you hit it on the head with the idea that it will take centuries because those are the time frames they believe they have to deal in.

obviously it's ridiculous but they actually think they're weighing a small matter like child rape against the bigger issue of redeeming the world.

and compared to the torture and murder of the inquisition, how bad is a few thousand raped kids? it's not like they endorsed child rape. they only hid the fact some low level employee's engaged in it for decades.

the inquisition happened. and they have a billion + believer's.

why would they think this isn't something that blows over in the next 50 years with essentially no damage? walk a mile in their shoes.

[randallscott35]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/wo...atican.html?hp

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/wo...atican.html?hp

he only abused 1 boy??

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

he only abused 1 boy??

Choosey in Priest Terms

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Choosey in Priest Terms

I'm not EVEN gonna touch that......

[Danzig]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37954415...d_news-europe/

Pope: Belgian sex abuse raids deplorable
by NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press Writer
updated 48 minutes ago

The pope on Sunday called the raids carried out by Belgian police investigating priestly sex abuse "deplorable" and asserted the right of the Catholic Church to investigate abuse alongside civil law enforcement authorities.

Pope Benedict XVI issued a message Sunday to the head of the Belgian bishops' conference, Monsignor Andre-Joseph Leonard, expressing his solidarity with all Belgian bishops "in this sad moment."



sorry, a priest or biship deserves no different treatment from anyone else suspected of committing a crime.