txshowmom":zwo7oekl said:
Things are not looking to good for the Pope right now. We all sould be saying a little prayer for him, Catholic or not.
I've been gnawing my tongue on this one, but I finally give up. I never have been too good at sugar-coating stuff. Guess there's no reason to change now.....
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest corporations in the world. In terms of cash flow, I expect that most of us would be astonished at just how large they really are. For some reason, Catholics seem to put the Pope on a pedestal that I was always taught is reserved for God. Sometimes it seems as if they worship the Pope, instead of God. I don't understand that.
But there is something that I
do understand. Remember I spoke of corporations? When Enron folded, people demanded that Ken Lay's head roll. With Worldcom, the same outrage and demands for justice all the way to the top. Well, in my book, some employees of the Catholic Church are guilty of things a helluva lot worse than financial dirty dealing! And
I'm not gonna ignore it just because of the condition the Pope is in. The Pope who could have been proactive in being part of the solution. The Pope who
should have been proactive in being part of the solution!
The rampant child abuse perpetrated by "men" who held positions of trust in the Catholic Church went on for
decades! The cover-ups went to the highest levels of the Church. I find it almost impossible to believe that the Pope had not a clue. Yet, I can't recall any public condemnation of these acts, or the perpetrators. Reassignments? Sure. New batch of kiddos! Settlements? Yep. Take money from the collection plate, put there by hard-working parishoners. Hush money. Just pass the plate.
These cover-ups went to the highest levels of the Catholic Church! The Pope was clueless?
I know that if somebody working for me screws up, it doesn't matter whether I participated, or even knew about it.
The buck stops here! And I can't pass the plate to pay for the cover-up, or just ignore it and make it go away! In our culture, the guy at the top takes the credit for all the good, but he also has to take the responsibility for the things that go wrong. Has the Pope done that? You guys can say your prayers for the Pope--just save some for all of the young lives destroyed.
Trusting, innocent little kids destroyed by "men" who worked for the Pope! "Men" who should have answered to the Pope.