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[acapesket]

Most Excellent! I really like this man, he’s smart and compassionate. What he did today, meeting with the Victims from Boston was profoundly meaningful and important to the Natives.
Love the pic of the Nuns with the cell phone!

Bless you, Pope Benedict.

[infantrywhooah]

He will never be as warm, popular or outgoing as Pope John Paul II. He was a very difficult act to follow and I think it’s an unfair comparison. But he is nonetheless more than qualified to lead the Catholic Church for the forseeable future.

[billmor]

Fantastic article..One of the best written i’ve seen in a long time..Watching the Pope today as he greeted the crowds, and trying to listen to his words- difficult as it was- left one with a feeling that he knows the problems and has the right answers to the Church’s problems. He is right too, for the true message of Catholicism is the message of love, pardon and peace, forgiveness, and hope for a better future for the world,as Jesus would have wanted. He wants the clergy to behave as good spiritual fathers would, and wants the Catholic colleges and universities to accurately teach the Faith. He is a loving Holy Father and a true guiding genius, just what our Catholic Church needs in this secular time...Thanks for posting this pissant..

[usconservative]

He has already startled many with the intensity of his denunciations of the actions of priests who sexually abused minors — the scandal that has turned many away from the Church in America and elsewhere — as well as those in the church hierarchy who enabled them. The Church has seemed reluctant in the past to make a complete penance for this sin but Benedict’s words this week will have done much to heal the wounds and restore trust.

As one of those who left the Catholic Church in 1993 in disgust and protest over the Priest Abuse Scandal that was happening in the Chicago area (and ironically the church I attended) I've been following Pope Benedicts visit here closely, reading every article I could find. I really wanted to know if he'd truly address the sex abuse scandal.

Pope Benedict has been outspoken the last three days over the scandal, spoke about it today to a large mass, and after having met privately (without telling the media it was happening) with some of the victims I was truly heartened to see the Catholic Church - of which I have been HIGHLY CRITICAL since I left in 1993 to appear to begin addressing this issue head-on.

I believe Pope Benedict when he said today it was shameful how the scandal had been handled, and that he wanted to know the names of each of the abuse victims so that he could pray for them. What a wonderful, compassionate and graceful expression from him. With all due deference to Pope John Paul II who I believe was a good man, Pope Benedict appears to be just what the Catholic Church needed at this time. While I no longer count myself as a Catholic, it's truly good to see the Pope dealing with this issue head-on, which will ultimately be good for the Church.

Well done Pope Benedict, please keep it up.

[RichInOC]

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