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Posted on 04/04/2010 4:39:47 AM PDT by NYer
Why would newspapers carry on a vendetta on one of the most important institutions that we have today in the United States,namely the Catholic Church?
Do you know - the Catholic Church educates 2.6 million students everyday at the cost to your Church of 10 billion dollars, and a savings on the other hand tothe American taxpayer of 18 billion dollars.
Your graduates go on to graduate studies at the rate of 92%, all at a cost to you. To the rest of the Americans it's free.
The Church has 230 colleges and universities in the U.S. With an enrollment of 700,000 students.
The Catholic Church has a non-profit hospital system of 637 hospitals, which account for hospital treatment of 1 out of every 5 people - not just Catholics - in the United States today.
But the press is vindictive and trying to totally denigrate in every way the Catholic Church in this country.
• They have blamed the disease of pedophilia on the Catholic Church, which is as irresponsible as blaming adultery on the institution of marriage.
Let me give you some figures that you as Catholics should know and remember. For example,
• 12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with a parishioner; 38% acknowledged other inappropriate sexual contact in a study by the United Methodist Church,
• 41.8 % of clergywomen reported unwanted sexual behavior; • 17% of laywomen have been sexually harassed.
Meanwhile, 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia. 10% of the Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia. This is not a Catholic Problem.
A study of American priests showed that most are happy in the priesthood and find it even better than they had expected, and that most, if given the choice, would choose to be priests again in face of all this obnoxious PR the church has been receiving.
The Catholic Church is bleeding from selfinflicted wounds. The agony that Catholics have felt and suffered is not necessarily the Fault of the Church. You have been hurt by a small number of wayward priests that have probably been totally weeded out by now.
Walk with your shoulders high and you head higher. Be a proud member of the most important non-governmental agency in the United States.
Then remember what Jeremiah said: 'Stand by the roads, and look and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is and walk in it, and find rest for your souls'.
Be proud to speak up for your faith with pride and reverence and learn what your Church does for all other religions.
Be proud that you're a Catholic.
Why would newspapers carry on a vendetta against the Catholic church? They are trying to win favor with the jealous muslim we have in the White House.
American Journalism:
Hollywood pederast = exalted hero.
Church pederast = miscreant bum.
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Why isn’t the story of Catholic good works in the mainstream ? If for no other reason than they helped keep taxes low these past 100 years. By putting their money where their mouths were unlike lefty do-gooders that always want to put someone else’s money where their zany ideas are. I went to Catholic schools, played CYO sports, got past cancer in a Catholic hospital, my daughter goes to CUA, Kiwanis, Catholic Charities, the Pro-Life fight, - I mean, it is freaking endless.....they’ve done more than any government ever could - and done it organically to boot.
A competing view of education and health care, it’s purpose in life vs the socialist, leftist state.
The Church, any church is an enemy to the power of the state.
Thanks for posting this.
Six of the nine current Supreme Court Justices are recipients of Catholic School Education.
Progressives in media and government see Catholic systems as opponents to their total control of people.
Yes, thank you.
Thanks!
Catholics are a solid liberal voting block, without Catholics, liberalism would not have advanced so thoroughly in America, and we are importing millions more every year, it isn't saving us money, for instance Obama won 54% of the Catholic vote.
Here is a snap shot of that radical transformational period (and tax raising period) of the 1940s and 1960s for example.
New Deal Coalition: voting % 1948-1964
Percentage of Democratic vote in major groups, presidency 1948-1964
http://www.conservapedia.com/New_Deal_Coalition
Easter blessings to you and your family.
Good article!
The Catholics who are the solid liberal voting bloc, are not necessarily the pew-sitter who are there every week, and who take Catholic teachings seriously.
I know that, but that wasn’t part of the tax equation.
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