This from a man who heads an organization whose clergy sexually molested and abused children for decades. Who heads the same organization which moved these sexual predators from parish to parish so they could continue to prey upon children again and again. This man and his organization have lost the right to declare they have any moral leadership ever again.

This non-Catholic is grateful to the Pope for speaking out in such strong terms. Let´s hope the Catholic Church always stands firm on this.

#1 your thoughts are understandable. But I have to suggest that the mistakes you cite are part and parcel of a broad from-the-ground-up horror in the human. Definitely not doxology. And much worse elsewhere. (You don´t want to be a young boy in Afghanistan with the taliban visiting your town.)

Ironic #1, since many of the people who helped shield/move/hide the perpetrators in the Church are themselves rather liberal in their approach to Church teaching and highly likely to be the very ones supporting gay "rights" and marriage and thus opposing the Pope´s stance.

It´s documented that the Pope protected the abusers as well.

He´s reaping what he sowed with the loss of moral authority.

Actually same sex perversion is an effective population control measure so the leftist should repress the practice. Not only does that perverse union not produce offspring it promotes fatal diseases.
The dimfecals should give that some thought since it (dimfecal ideology or lack thereof) will soon run out of wackos to steal votes.
Oh no. We forgot the efficient overbreeders from washington and mexifornia.
What a relief. We can still have our dimfecals.

Guess he´s got no shot at secretary of defense.

LOLOL - too funny

Oh, good, the Catholic bashers are back! Yes the abuse by the Priests were wrong, but Catholic Clergy are by no means the only ones guilty of this sin. Elmer Gantry was no Catholic. Jimmy Swaggart solicited whores on the streets. There is an unfortunate tradition that is decades and decades old of clergy of all stripes taking advantage of their charges. But they are a minuscule fraction. Most clergy, Catholic or not, do enormous amounts of good. It is certainly true that thousands and thousands of Catholic Priests do good and are loved by their parishioners. And the Catholic Church does enormous good throughout the world. You just happen to hate Catholics. Just say that and sign off. No need for a phony justification for your hate.














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I agree 100%.
I won´t empower of do business with gays, muslims, commies.

The socialists have never believed in the family, individuals, or freedom. Socialists believe only in the state (they assume that will be them), coercion and compulsion.

Opposition to gay marriage is, quite literally, dying.

- George Will

http://www.businessinsider.com/george-will-gay-marriage-opposition-dying-2012-12

Gay marriage is evil.

It doesn´t matter if every person on Earth voted in favor of gay marriage it would still be evil.

We will reap the results of that evil.

Catholic-bashing isn´t going to make the truth go away. And #1 that is total distortion. Not going to bother with it but your post is slanderous. Anyway, what the Holy Father said is true. No one´s going to like this, but - when oral contraceptives came out the Church said artificial contraception would lead to abortion and people said How Ridiculous. Then the Church said abortion would lead to euthanasia and people said, How Ridiculous. Then the Church said that euthanasia would bring down civilization. How Ridiculous. ?They know what human beings are, and how the culture is built. It´s not a good idea to go around knocking down pillars that you don´t see the need for in a building you don´t understand. Things aren´t immortal just because you take them for granted. Eventually it all goes down.

If gay marriage is a threat to mankind, the underlying assumption is that the majority of men would find marriage to a man more attractive than marriage to a woman. I use men here as an example because the Vatican emphasizes the role of men more than it does the role of women in procreation.

It´s an interesting assumption. Inherent within it is the notion that the majority of men are capable of relations with both genders. The Vatican´s line of thinking is therefore in tune with Kinsey´s research findings.

#14 says #1 is distorting the truth? #14, there are none so blind as those who will not see. He´s not the Holy Father. He´s an old man in a dress who heads a church that, for decades, covered up for pedophiles. Argue with that. Merry Christmas.

Good statement, but hypocritical.

However, let´s not eat our own.

# 14 How is anything I said slanderous when it has been proven to be true with the trials and convictions of some of the priest who abused and sexually molested children. Also, the catholic church in the US has paid out 2 billions dollars so far to abuse victims in the US and now a bishop has been convicted in Federal court and received a prison sentence for aiding and abetting priests who molested and abused children in his diocese. The catholic church in Ireland has also been investigated for the same molestations and abuse of children as their counterparts in the US.

Ans I´ll say it again this religion and this pope have no moral authority left.