[G Larry]

I can't imagine the fallout from this publication.

I pray this is the beginning of the much needed healing and reform.

[G Larry]

Ping!

[sparklite2]

“Part of the physiognomy of the Revolution of 1968 was that pedophilia was now also diagnosed as allowed and appropriate.

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I remember the late sixties and the hippie movement very well. If anyone ever said pedophilia was allowed and appropriate, they had to be such a small minority that blaming them for the Church’s misdeeds is astonishing.

[KyCats]

So are Francis and his communist henchmen releasing the real Pope from gulag? Or is this just a desperation PR move because they know they are on a hopelessly sinking ship?

[Mrs. Don-o]

The writer of this article, Sohrab Ahmari, is a recent Iranian-American convert to Catholicism. The story of his conversion to Christ impressed me deeply.

It's hard to imagine being a convert in today's rather terrifying atmosphere --- even though I am on the a parish RCIA teaching team and I see converts on a regular basis. We're welcoming another little flock into the parish in, OMG, 10 days.

But Pope (I'll still call him 'Pope') Benedict offers a little signal of hope.

I wish he would write and say so much more! I am frankly amazed he could get this new publication past his "handlers." May the Holy Spirit and all the blessed angels protect him!

[G Larry]

and in a "special to the National Catholic Register", Pope Emeritus Benedict writes:

“The Church and the Scandal of Sexual Abuse”

Here, in part:

"My work is divided into three parts.

In the first part, I aim to present briefly the wider social context of the question, without which the problem cannot be understood. I try to show that in the 1960s an egregious event occurred, on a scale unprecedented in history. It could be said that in the 20 years from 1960 to 1980, the previously normative standards regarding sexuality collapsed entirely, and a new normalcy arose that has by now been the subject of laborious attempts at disruption.

In the second part, I aim to point out the effects of this situation on the formation of priests and on the lives of priests.

Finally, in the third part, I would like to develop some perspectives for a proper response on the part of the Church."

[sitetest]

Catholic ping.

[G Larry]

Wow! "Full text of Benedict XVI: 'The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse'"

>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/full-text-of-benedict-xvi-the-church-and-the-scandal-of-sexual-abuse-59639

[Mastador1]

the 60’s of which century?