"Unfortunately in some cases, some of its members - acting in contrast to this commitment - have violated these rights, a behaviour that the church hasn't, and won't ever stop deploring and condemning," he said on Monday.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/pope-benedict-xvi-condemns-child-abuse-by-priests-20100209-nnom.html
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The pope says he regrets “the actions of some members of the clergy who have betrayed their solemn promises to God, as well as the trust placed in them by the victims and their families, and by society at large.” It seems that the pope wants to pass the responsibility to some ‘black sheep’ in his church, without raising the question himself as to where all this crime in his church has its roots. Jesus himself did not exclude women; on the contrary, they were among his disciples. Enforced celibacy has no biblical foundation at all. So shouldn’t the pontiff ask himself what he and his church still have in common with the teachings of the greatest prophet of all times, Jesus of Nazareth?
ReplyDeleteWhen the pope “intends to address a Pastoral Letter to the faithful of Ireland in which he will clearly indicate the initiatives that are to be taken in response to the situation”, may we hope that he will decide to take steps towards the one whom he and his church claims to speak for, namely, Jesus of Nazareth?
What would Jesus of Nazareth say if He were to come to the Earth again and see what the Church – which claims to speak for Him – has made of His life’s work?
I find honest the view of a small group in Germany called "The Free Christians for the Christ of the Sermon on the Mount in All Cultures Worldwide." They have taken the Catholic Church to task and have filed a lawsuit against the Archbishopric of Freiburg as representing the Catholic Church, enjoining it from continuing to call itself "Christian." Their arguments are sound and quite valid and available for study. The pervasive child abuse of clerics within the church is one reason why they do not want to remain silent any longer on the, as they put it, "brazen labelling fraud," with which "Christ is mocked and His name abused to such an extent." Perhaps your readers would like to check them out: www.christ-or-church.de
Protestant and Jewish minsters are more likely to be abusers stastically speaking.
ReplyDeletePersonally, we think you should petition to have Hollywood abolished because they have the most perverts and child molesters of all, and yet many people invite them into their living room none-the-less.