I read this morning that the Vatican thinks they are being persecuted on their pedophile priests. At first it seemed it was a US problem but..



Myself, I cannot imagine anything much more evil. The sheer numbers, the abuse of deaf children and the inadequate response by the heads of the church is astounding.

Punishment to the Church in the US have been punitive. Big settlements have beat the church up pretty badly, forcing acknowledgment. In Europe they don't have those huge fines. They can be in the thousands, peanuts.

When I read that the Pope's mismanagement is involved.. How much higher does it get? The Catholic church protected their own but not the children. That fact uncovered in any other setting than the church would trigger a massive bloodletting with those responsible being canned and jailed.

This is Easter week. In my home town in Mexico this is a huge deal. Long, long lines of people worshiping. Centuries old traditions of parades where the faithful lug huge sculptures of Christ, the Virgin, angels, saints and every other thing you can think of between churches. The bulk of the people are very strong Catholics. It is wonderful to watch the faithful. The religion, the traditions are beautiful.

Yet to weigh in on the pedophile priest is Latin America. It bothers me to think that underneath all this beauty that I am watching could be another core of skunks like the US and now Europe is uncovering.

A side note: One of our main priests is married and has children. People chuckle over it but fondly. The Church as it exists in Mexico is not a straight Roman Catholic Church. The native religion was incorporated and the pageantry of this Easter is unlike that in Europe. Hopefully unlike the US and Europe they don't put up with pedophiles posing as priests.

It ain't just Catholics.

Plenty of Protestant "men of God" have decided to "lay on hands" and "suffer the little children" as well.

http://reformation.com/CSA/allabuse.html

Unfortunately the existence of perverts in other religious bodies is a fact but when the main governing body just hides the pedophiles and ignores the problem, that condemns the whole religion. Another article on how the US cleaned up the American Catholic community says:



No one in the church can presume to tell the Pope what to do. If he continues to just cover up past misdeeds he needs to step down. This is in his court now.

US Catholics urge Vatican

Well, if a picture is worth more than a thousand words.

But then there is my passport and FM3 picture. I gotta tell you, aging and pictures don't always compliment the subject. The Pope looks like a cherub with my picture alongside to compare it with.

[quote= The Pope looks like a cherub with my picture alongside to compare it with. [/quote]


So, you're saying you look like actor Dan Trejo Jr.?

That is a close one. Maybe Dan, the Pope and I can get a group rate with a plastic surgeon.

I honestly don't see how the Catholic Church can regain the trust of its entire congregation when more and more cases come out of abuse by priests and the church's wide-spread coverup. If they covered this up, what else have they covered up?

It seems the Boy Scouts have similar problem.

But, the Scouts sure as heck make sure those homos and atheists are nowhere to be found.

"Praise God and pass the children!"