Meanwhile, while searching for the term "diocese" on FR, this came up regarding the same diocese. San Bernardino Diocese to celebrate cultures, push for immigration reform
Stupid is as stupid does.
It is high time the Church re-evaluate its totally insane policy of mandatory priestly celibacy which has produced horrendous travesty. There is NOTHING in the Bible which mandates such a counterproductive and destructive policy. To the contrary, priests in the Bible were in fact married men. So were the early popes, bishops, and priests in the first ten centuries of the Catholic Church. We need normal heterosexual married men in the priesthood. The Lord commands us to be fruitful and multiply. The Lord put Eve on this earth because He did not want Adam to be alone. This is God’s plan. He wants us to celebrate, not celibate life. Physical intimacy between a husband and a wife is a precious gift from God which should be denied to no man, especially our priests.
where exactly is this money coming from? Do they pass collection plates? lol
Accountability of Sexual Abuse by Protestant Ministers
Special Bulletin http://reformation.com/CSA/
Welcome! Catholic sex scandals dominate the news. Are we next?
A sample of our own scandals is below:
ALL denominations - 395 instances
Baptist Ministers - 71 instances
“Bible” Church Ministers (fundamentalist/evangelical) - 175 instances
Episcopalean Ministers - 38 instances
Lutheran Ministers - 28 instances
Methodist Ministers - 29 instances
Presbyterian Ministers - 10 instances
various Church Ministers - 25 instances
I am dumbfounded that Catholic pedophiles can get insurance for their crimes...They must get group rates...