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by Faithfree » Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:17 pm
World's cardinals meet for sex abuse talks
Cardinals from around the world have met for unprecedented talks on paedophile priests, as activists called for the Church to end "symbolic gestures" and release files on the abuses.
More than 100 of the Roman Catholic Church's 203 cardinals took part in the meeting in the Vatican, which was also expected to discuss the issue of religious freedom and conversions of Anglicans to Catholicism.
Pope Benedict XVI invited the cardinals to take part earlier this month.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... 071780.htm
So will this be a turning point for the Catholic church, or more of the same, again.
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by normal » Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:25 pm
They're probably meeting to discuss how they can get away with it, and stop all the leaks.
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by charlou » Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:03 am
There are deeply rooted (not a euphemism) reasons for why this has been going on, not least of which is the church's ludicrous, unreasonable and oppressive approach to sex and sexuality, and their notion that celibacy places a person above others on any level. It's a perversion that could only lead to what it has.
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by cowiz » Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:05 am
I might right a book and put it out on Amazon "How to be a pederast priest".
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by Hermit » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:53 am
Faithfree wrote:will this be a turning point for the Catholic church, or more of the same, again.
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi meanwhile played down expectations of any major outcome from Friday's meeting.
"It's a communication, information, clarification, reflection on some questions but not a very thorough examination," he said ahead of the talks.
Besides, the solemnly announced platitudes over the past few months that clerical criminals ought to be subject to laws of the real world are utterly meaningless until the concept of the "sanctity of the confessional" is abolished, but that dogma is too central to catholic doctrine to remove it without effectively destroying the holy roman church. It therefore will not happen as long as there is a pope.
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by Rum » Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:53 am
As meaningful...and far prettier!
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by JimC » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:36 am
A clear example of circling the wagons, I suspect...
They still do not comprehend the irrevocable damage that has been done to their "brand"
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by Thinking Aloud » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:51 am
Charlou wrote:There are deeply rooted (not a euphemism) reasons for why this has been going on, not least of which is the church's ludicrous, unreasonable and oppressive approach to sex and sexuality, and their notion that celibacy places a person above others on any level. It's a perversion that could only lead to what it has.
That, and probably the fact that the Bible (and therefore God) doesn't pass comment on whether or not one should 'lie' with other people's children.
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by JimC » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:53 am
Thinking Aloud wrote:Charlou wrote:There are deeply rooted (not a euphemism) reasons for why this has been going on, not least of which is the church's ludicrous, unreasonable and oppressive approach to sex and sexuality, and their notion that celibacy places a person above others on any level. It's a perversion that could only lead to what it has.
That, and probably the fact that the Bible (and therefore God) doesn't pass comment on whether or not one should 'lie' with other people's children.
But apparently delighting in them being eaten by bears is perfectly acceptable...
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by Feck » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:59 am
JimC wrote:
But apparently delighting in them being eaten by bears is perfectly acceptable...
They made Bald jokes the little fuckers deserved it .
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by JimC » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:01 am
Feck wrote:JimC wrote:
But apparently delighting in them being eaten by bears is perfectly acceptable...
They made Bald jokes the little fuckers deserved it .
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by Rum » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:08 am
JimC wrote:Thinking Aloud wrote:Charlou wrote:There are deeply rooted (not a euphemism) reasons for why this has been going on, not least of which is the church's ludicrous, unreasonable and oppressive approach to sex and sexuality, and their notion that celibacy places a person above others on any level. It's a perversion that could only lead to what it has.
That, and probably the fact that the Bible (and therefore God) doesn't pass comment on whether or not one should 'lie' with other people's children.
But apparently delighting in them being eaten by bears is perfectly acceptable...
..and being sacrificed.
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