I actually did see it. It's not people like Guillermo who are destroying the credibility of the Church. It's happening from within --- with the bad bishops and priests that have allowed true evil to go on --- who have protected evil.
To me it's the same with America and the Church --- both are being attacked by evil forces and much of the evil is coming from inside, trying to destroy from within. We had a president who turned out to be a sexual predator/rapist, we've seen Congressmen doing the same to the young Congressional pages as the evil priests were doing to boys. Liberalism is attacking the foundations of both my country and my church ---- but I have left neither.
The other thing --- priests and bishops and Popes aren't above the need for salvation, they are just as susceptible to evil, they need Jesus and redemption.
You and I are virtually of one mind on you posted statements. I defend my county and church from enemies both foreign and domestic. When concentrating on one, we must not lose sight of the other.
Indeed. I contend that their temptations are even greater than layfolk's. The dark one knows that the easiest way to gain souls for himself is to corrupt the shepards. I pray for my priest's strength as well as my own. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.