[SaltyJoe]

Thanks for all the pings.

I think what many have lacked are simple exorcisms. Granted, Reconciliation the the Holy Eucharist are Sacraments more powerful than exorcism, but I hardly doubt that learned men would have seen through the fog if evil hadn't clouded their vision. Remember, Jesus commanded his Apostles to cast out demons.

If a wise man has to question, "What is a homosexual?" then how easily may a violence-prone killer pass as a priest through the ranks? What's the difference between such evil? A lot? I should think not. The same argument that's made for homosexuality is the same excuse a murderer might use at his own trial.

"Your honor, the defendant came from an abused background, has a violent father/family, was BORN like this."

Usually, the public only has to groan over a politician's rhetoric concerning the definition of "is". Now good people and all who desire a life of holiness must suffer clerical rhetoric too. Alas, prayer and fasting will remove this devil.

God Bless.

[Desdemona]

I think what many have lacked are simple exorcisms.

It would help if there were more priests out there with the stomach to actually do them. And if they could use the old rites. The new ones don't work.