[uncbob]

Funny thing but the best Catholics leaders and most faithful to their religion and its teachings are married members of the laity NOT the supposedly celibate cardinals

[ArrogantBustard]

Funny thing, but in those dioceses in which the bishop has maintained fidelity to the teachings of the Church, there is no shortage of vocations, and no problems with pederasty. Why in the name of all that's Holy do people refuse to recognise that fact? Does it perhaps not fit some people's evil agenda?

[Polycarp]

Yep, and Peter betrayed Christ, yet Christ still made Peter the Rock and gave him all authority to lose and to bind in heaven as well as on earth and gave him the keys and breathed on him and said, "receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you hold bound will be held bound in heaven. Whose sins you lose will be losed in heaven." The laity even then may have been better disciples than some of the apostles. Still Christ named apostles and gave them authority. Today is no different.