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Pope Benedict emerges from seclusion, points to scandals' origin
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Benedict XVI Breaks His Silence on the Catholic Church's Sex-Abuse Crisis
By Edward Pentin - National Catholic Register
The full text of Benny's essay: The Church and the Scandal of Sexual Abuse
By Edward Pentin - National Catholic Register
The full text of Benny's essay: The Church and the Scandal of Sexual Abuse
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So what is to be done now? Benedict recommends reforming church law, to give as much emphasis to protecting the faithful, not least the faith of ordinary Catholics, as to safeguarding the procedural rights of accused priests. But no amount of procedural reform, the pope notes, can substitute for the recovering Catholicism's absolute moral standards. "Why did pedophilia reach such proportions?" he asks. "Ultimately, the reason is the absence of God."
Yet he ends on an optimistic note: "Yes, there is sin in the church and evil. But even today there is the holy church, which is indescribable." Amen.
Yup
The problem is unmarried clergy and "celebate" homosexual clergy.
It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?), and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1 TIMOTHY 3:1-7 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ti.3.1-7.NASB
It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?), and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1 TIMOTHY 3:1-7 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ti.3.1-7.NASB
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The problem is unmarried clergy and "celebate" homosexual clergy.
Afternoon on a Friday for this? Not sure it's going to get the number of pages you expect.
I'm surprised how many "theologians" are going on record disagreeing with his diagnosis. Benedict's analysis seems pretty convincing to me. He's basically saying it's Moynihan's notion of "Defining Deviancy Down" at work.
"Yes, there is sin in the church and evil. But even today there is the holy church, which is indescribable." Great words of hope.
"Yes, there is sin in the church and evil. But even today there is the holy church, which is indescribable." Great words of hope.
JW
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