Posted on 10/14/2015 6:02:01 PM PDT by markomalley
Pope Francis today asked for forgiveness for scandals that have taken place in the Church, the Vatican and also in the city of Rome.
Before beginning his catechesis at his weekly general audience, in which he underlined the need to remain loyal to the promises we give to our children, the Holy Father said:
“In the name of the Church, I would like to ask you for forgiveness for the scandals that have happened in these recent times, whether in Rome or in the Vatican, for which I ask forgiveness.”
A slew of scandals have plagued the Church and the Vatican over the past few years, including most obviously the clerical sex abuse crisis, but also scandals over Vatican finances, and the Vatileaks farrago.
Others scandals the Pope might have had in mind involve bishops primarily in parts of German-speaking Europe who seemingly show little or no regard for the sixth commandment by pushing for Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried, and are accused of undermining the Church’s teaching by supporting same-sex relationships.
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Godfried Danneels. It makes no sense.
Right. And the Vatican queers are still out there trolling.
This pope has a lot more to ask for forgiveness for.
It might if something is about to become public and he wanted to get in front of it by openly asking for forgiveness.
Please remember that there is more sexual abuse among protestant preachers and school teachers. Priests are way down on the list.
Thank you for this link, Salvation.
Once again the Pope elects to be vague and give a seemingly important remark that is one more fill in the blank, in a stylistic attempt to please the masses by way of projection.
We can project onto his vacuous vaguery, anything we choose.
What a question mark he is, after all these years. No one wants to place a bet on who or what he is, or what he believes. Fruit of confusion and chaos certainly is not a good sign.
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