tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post6058317859543025408..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: Clerical Abuse Arrests In Philadelphia Finally Hit The Decision Makerscolkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-64396129397780591082011-02-12T12:09:29.486-07:002011-02-12T12:09:29.486-07:00Amen Dennis,
Amen.
p2pAmen Dennis,<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />p2pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-42010833465614133002011-02-12T04:36:37.907-07:002011-02-12T04:36:37.907-07:00The crisis of RCC leadership will continue to expa...The crisis of RCC leadership will continue to expand. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE about the difficulty of forced celibacy vows and hypocritical "celibates," clericalism, misogyny, lack of administration of the sacraments, homophobia, parish and diocesan financial scandals, not even to speak of the looming problems inside the Vatican Bank. We continue to have a leadership that sees blastocysts as superior to living breathing human beings and focuses much of its time and resources toward this issue as it asks the People of God to vote for Corporatist who are lead only by their own greed. The leadership of the Church practices the politic of denial, that really translated to the politic of the lie. <br /><br />It will take this institution a few hundreds years to work out its failed leadership structure and leaders. In the meantime, it is past time for the lay "People of God" to frankly take over. I think that the laity could organize at the parish level and control all the finances to the parish and of course refuse to finance extravagance locally and refuse to give the Bishops one thin dime. The laity could also appoint members to begin to consecrate and distribute the Eucharist. It is the priesthood of baptism that is both apostolic and the real backbone that can save this institution. <br /><br />If Bishops wish to have any respect and authority, a very large source must come from the laity and theologians. The Bishops have foolishly ignored both these sectors and have proven to be both incompetent and without integrity. People of God, it is really up to US--- not the Bishops, not the Popes!! We must stand up to the tyrants as did the people in the Soviet Union and most recently Cairo.rdp46https://www.blogger.com/profile/04427786268228285222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-27269660329946375322011-02-11T20:12:52.866-07:002011-02-11T20:12:52.866-07:00Good thing though that you can't ultimately ki...Good thing though that you can't ultimately kill a soul, just one lifetime's experience, which of course is still priceless.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-61122989222418999822011-02-11T16:58:05.647-07:002011-02-11T16:58:05.647-07:00It's justice long overdue. I fear, however, th...It's justice long overdue. I fear, however, that we will hear from the peanut gallery that "the church is doing what it can to clean up the mess." or look at the mean press going after the church, yadda, yadda, yadda, and the hierarchy will pound on abortion that much more. Too bad we can't hold the hierarchy religiously liable for the killing of souls.khughes1963https://www.blogger.com/profile/16118365554189078448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-68660012304299635252011-02-11T14:23:56.098-07:002011-02-11T14:23:56.098-07:00I know someone who told me that he has requested t...I know someone who told me that he has requested that his obituary read "In lieu of flowers, it is requested that donations be made to SNAP" followed by their address. His reasoning was if they believe what happened to me, then they know how important it is to support those who speak. If they don't believe me, I didn't want their flowers anyway.coolmomnoreply@blogger.com