The Church has suffered bad popes, stupid popes before.
This condition of failure and betrayal has been around since Judas, and before that Lucifer in the Heavenlies.
The Church will suffer much and persecution as well, as sacred scripture warns.
This condition of failure and betrayal has been around since Judas, and before that Lucifer in the Heavenlies.
That's a sorry excuse for what is happening in the Catholic church right now.
Besides, Jesus never put Judas, or Lucifer, in any position of authority in His church, nor do I recall the Catholic church ever claiming that Judas was the rock on which Christ would build His church.
Suffering persecution for righteousness sake is way different from what is going on in your church today.
That comment is an insult to all those who have truly suffered real persecution for following Christ.
Is there no evil in their church that Catholics are willing to condemn?
Blowing off this kind of stuff as not really significant has a head in the sand outlook.
The problem will not go away by itself. Your college of cardinals put him there. The problem is way deeper than just one bad pope. The hierarchy is rotten to the core and this pope is the fruit of that rottenness.