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   Adrian Snare said, 3 months ago

   They seem to live in a “dream” world…Immersed in their own self-importance; one of these days, “thery” will awaken to the sounds of revolution…this from a minority of one.
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   Mighty Mouse said, 3 months ago

   The Catholics may become the first to figure out how to deal with this awful kind of mess.
   I’m waiting for the others to confront this, especially the Buddhists who institutionalised it for hundreds of years. Never heard it raised with the Dalai Lama.
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   skipcarlsen said, 3 months ago

   So, if we blame the the Pope and the Vatican for this alleged pedophilia scandal shouldn’t we be blaming Obama and his cohorts for the Benghazi scandal? Or would that be being too blatantly hypocritical even for libtards?
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   The Wolf In Your Midst said, 3 months ago

   Judging by the Church’s responses, I guess God’s okay with homosexual sex, so long as it’s between a priest and a helpless child. But between two consenting adults? MORTAL SIN!
   Ah, but who am I to question these old white men? They are, after all, holier than I- they say so themselves!
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   Walking_Man_Comics said, 3 months ago

   O Catholic: which parts of the bible? Jesus says nothing about it, and the book itself is rife with father-daughter, multiple-wives, etc etc etc….
   if, 100 years from now pedophilia in the church is brought up, it’ll be because it’s still happening then.
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   Radish said, 3 months ago

   As Cardinal Ratzinger was Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), the sexual abuse of minors by priests was his responsibility to investigate from 2001, when that charge was given to the CDF by Pope John Paul II. Before given this charge, Cardinal Ratzinger was theoretically privy to all sexual abuse cases within the Church.
   As part of the implementation of the norms enacted and promulgated on April 30, 2001 by Pope John Paul II, on May 18, 2001 Ratzinger sent a letter to every bishop in the Catholic Church. This letter reminded them of the strict penalties facing those who revealed confidential details concerning enquiries into allegations against priests of certain grave ecclesiastical crimes, including sexual abuse, which were reserved to the jurisdiction of the Congregation.
   Lawyers acting for two alleged victims of abuse in Texas claim that by sending the letter the cardinal conspired to obstruct justice. The Catholic News Service reported that "the letter said the new norms reflected the CDF’s traditional “exclusive competence” regarding delicta graviora—Latin for “graver offenses”. According to Canon Law experts in Rome, reserving cases of clerical sexual abuse of minors to the CDF is something new. In past eras, some serious crimes by priests against sexual morality, including pedophilia, were handled by that congregation or its predecessor, the Holy Office, but this has not been true in recent years."
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   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ratzinger_as_Prefect_of_the_Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith
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   Stipple said, 3 months ago

   @

   The stipulation is against married people having sex with others than their spouse.
   Unmarried men were free to have sex with unmarried willing women.
   The bible does try to be pragmatic at times.
   Maybe read the whole thing.
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   Rockngolfer said, 3 months ago

   The Pope was flying back to Italy and a man doing a crossword puzzle said,
   “Hey Pope, what is a 4 letter word meaning woman that ends in ‘unt’?”
   The Pope says “That would be ‘aunt’, my child.”
   The man says, “Do you have an eraser?”
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   echoraven said, 3 months ago

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   You’ll have to forgive him. He is drinking the prescribed lefty koolaid (apparently the tastiest kind) and it makes it hard to be rational.

   I’ve read statistically all religions (percentage wise) have the same amount of pedophiles, but the left is more tolerant of them.
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    echoraven said, 3 months ago

    @Rockngolfer

    HA HA!!!! Best post!
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    The Wolf In Your Midst said, 3 months ago

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    The Church is not okay with it? Well, then… where’s the outcry matching that against recognizing gay rights? Where’s the picketers demanding that the cover-ups end and hidden documents be aired?
    I don’t hate Catholics (or any other religious folks). What I despise, though, is hypocrisy, especially by those who would like to have power over me.
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    STLDan said, 3 months ago

    @skipcarlsen

    Alleged pedophilia scandle?!?!?! Are you off your meds or just stupid? Lets put you in a room with all the raped boys, now grown to men, the documented and vidicated in a court of law victems that is, and have you make your comment to them. I would buy a ticket to that event. Young children were raped you a-hole!!!!
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    pirate227 said, 3 months ago

    Finally, the toonists are acknowledging why he is really resigning. Good riddance.
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    Uncle Joe said, 3 months ago

    @STLDan

    In Skip’s world “alleged” means “guilty” when applied to a Liberal. “Guilty” means “alleged” when applied to a conservative.
    
    Basic logic doesn’t apply in his world.
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    MortyForTyrant said, 3 months ago

    Back when he was elected our mayor tabloid (“Bild”) wrote – page one top center – “WIR SIND PABST!!!” (“We are Pope!!!”). They used the same font from back when they announced reunification. Sometimes I am soooo embarrassed…
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