[vladimir998]

Utter nonsense. The MSM is clearly salivating because they think they have found a weapon to use against Pope Benedict. Ain’t gonna work.

[TChad]

But as attention focuses on Benedict, a perhaps thornier question looms over how much John Paul II, beloved worldwide for his inspirational charisma and courageous stand against communism, knew about sex abuse cases and whether he was too tolerant of pedophile priests.

They're still pushing the "pedophile priests" line. I noticed the same phrase in the recent Washington Post coverage.

It is a lie. There was very little sexual abuse of pre-pubescent kids. The problem was overwhelmingly that of gay pederasty: gay priests assaulting young post-pubescent males.

The MSM can't acknowledge that one of their cherished victim groups might have been responsible for this horror, so they lie about it, again and again and again.

[Bigg Red]

Boy, they sure are pushing this vile propaganda against the Holy Father really hard now.

[cmj328]

There will always be pederasts, and they will always try to hide in jobs that give them access to children, and they will always need to be prevented and punished by men of good will.

The problem in the Church was the lack of application of the penal sanctions of canon law after the Council.

This problem also manifests itself in the phenomenon of the pro-abortion "Catholic" politician.

[Salvation]

The Pope and the Murphy case: what the New York Times story didn't tell you

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Still, it is in Germany where Benedict's popularity has taken a real hit.

A poll in Stern magazine released this week shows only 39 percent of Germany's Catholics trust the pope, down from 62 percent in late January. Some 34 percent trust the Catholic church as an institution, down from 56 percent in January. The margin of error was 2.5 percentage points.

And these numbers are only for German CATHOLICS!

So the news these days isn't ALL bad.

[antceecee]

Wow.. won’t they be surprised when they find out the Pope isn’t working for a legacy... rather, something greater than they will ever understand.

[PLK]

It was wrong, it was sinful, and the Church needs to own up to it. But not just by saying, "we're sorry." The only action that would satisfy me is if homosexual priests were ALL defrocked, and strict exclusion policies were enacted to keep homos about of the priesthood. There are some who say the priesthood has become nothing more than a protected fraternity of homosexuals. Ick. Makes me sick to my stomach to even think about.

"I'm Not Jesus" is a song by the band Apocalyptica - it thematizes sexual abuse through priests. It's from the perspective of a man who was abused by a priest when he was a youth and now confronts his torturer. Great song - a fav on my iPod.

[Revolting cat!]

The church stands in front of the cultural tide which flows in rainbows that shout that “gay is good”. The church as everything around us cannot help but reflect the culture. How many here use the correct word to describe homosexuality, which is, shockingly, “pederasty”, instead of the politically correct synonym for “happy”? Mirror, mirror on the wall. Fags are pederasts, not “gay”, dude!