[Desdemona]

BE,

Read the article carefully. The author carefully wrote. I think that maybe she injected her own spin on the pope's words. No need to bring the rest of the arguments into this incident.

[cousair]

Had this mighty man of Rome and leader of the Catholic church acted differently to the decay in the church...worldwide, instead of turning his head or putting it in the sand, his authority would not be questioned. He very clearly said it was an American problem?? An American problem...hardly. All Christians have taken a hit and a bad one. Worldwide we will suffer because the leadership in Rome slept while the church rotted from within. The UN never has stepped up and done a leadership job. It is a debating society and has been as ineffectual as the Church.

[BlackElk]

Your point is well taken as to the article.

I tend to be a bit persistent on the motives of sinkspur in pope-bashing, however, because persistence is required. We all bear the chains we forged in life as Jacob Marley's ghost observed and, with new posters joining FR each day, reminders of AmChurch duplicity are often in order. You and I may disagree on this but I respect you nonetheless.

God bless you and yours.