Jeffrey S. Lena, a lawyer for the Vatican, said in a statement that the letter “has been deeply misunderstood.” He said that its primary purpose was to ensure that bishops used proper canonical procedures to discipline their priests so that the punishments were not overturned on technical grounds. He said the letter was also intended to question the validity of the Irish bishops’ policies, because they were issued merely as a “study document.”
Mr. Lena added, “In stark contrast to news reports, the letter nowhere instructed Irish bishops to disregard civil law reporting requirements.”
First of all, it’s pretty interesting that when others use the NYT as reference, it’s totally dismissed.
And second, “the letter ‘has been deeply misunderstood’” is the mantra of Rome...
Crimen Solicitationis “has been deeply misunderstood.”
Ratzinger’s letter to the bishops “has been deeply misunderstood.”
John Paul II’s calling Mary a “co-Redemptrix” “has been deeply misunderstood.”
Ratzinger’s “Global Authority” encyclical “has been deeply misunderstood.”
Everything about Rome “has been deeply misunderstood.”
Except it hasn’t. People have brains and people can read and people are able to understand what motivates men who choose to live without women and families and who believe themselves to be “another Christ” to act on their base desires while ignoring the pain and destruction they inflict on others.
It’s called “evil.”
a lawyer for the Vatican.
‘nough said.
Er, no.
Just because a lawyer for the Vatican says that the letter “has been deeply misunderstood” doesn’t mean a thing other than that a not entirely disinterested party is trying his best to downplay the significance of it.
in the same vein, global warming is really true, Islam really is a religion of peace, and that clumsy oaf Santa Claus knocked my turbine off with his sleigh a few weeks ago.
Typical knee jerk Catholic reaction.
In EVERY area that makes the Catholic church look rightfully bad, the poor, persecuted, misunderstood church is well, misunderstood.
You see, what the Catholic church says and what it means are ALWAYS two different things.
They need to hire some people who are more literate and can SAY what they MEAN instead of saying what they say and telling everyone else who reads the plain meaning of what is said that they are wrong.
It has become plainly obvious that the enemies of the Church have no interest in the truth. Their own comments condemn them.