Posted on 04/12/2002 7:00:37 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
In 1988, several weeks after Pollard reported his alleged sexual abuse by the Rev. George Rosenkranz to the Archdiocese of Boston, the church official who handled abuse complaints said he found nothing to justify removing the priest from ministry.
The Rev. John B. McCormack, now bishop of Manchester, N.H., said Rosenkranz merely had ''sexual issues,'' adding that what Pollard viewed as abuse - acts that included Rosenkranz's request that he masturbate in front of him - may simply have been expressions of affection, according to Pollard.
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The real axis of evil that will destroy America is drugs, abortion and homosexuality. The wage of sin is death."
this is so true. If the evil that is homosexuality can infiltrate a church as strong as the Roman Catholic Church, it must be RAMPANT elsewhere. I am not saying that the Catholic Church is impervious, as we are all too painfully aware. But seeing the devastation these things have already wrought in America, it's almost as if (taking a quick look around for my tinfoil hat) there was a concerted push in progress to destroy the United States. (I believe this is true, tinfoil or not...)
What we are seeing is truly only the tip of the iceberg. These entrenched homosexual (and enabling) priests and bishops really DO have an agenda: To eventually take over the Church from the inside and destroy its salvific message. They are truly from Hell, and there will be no rest for good Christians until they are rooted out, exposed, punished, and silenced forever.
I never ever suggested any such a thing. Where in the world did you ever come up with such nonsense?
That statement about having a second reformation is goofy. Doesn't show much of the love of the Catholic Church to me.
I'm sure the people around for the first one said the same thing - ...........I love Christ not the Catholic Church, I choose to worship Christ as a Catholic - We are mere mortals, as are our bishops - I am watching the Church very carefully in this situation - the imperfect men making decisions (some of them) are clearly in violation of Church teachings and have radical liberal agendas.
Frankly, you sound like the member of a cult and not the Church.
My guess btw is that you dont have children.
Surely, you won't take up too much space by quoting one verse in the Bible where "purgatory" is mentioned?
I have "Yahoo" and "Google" too. I can look up plastic shoelaces if I wish. I asked YOU to tell me where in the Bible it mentions "purgatory."
Awaiting your reply.
This whole affair reeks of a homosexual-pedophile-priest network, one to rival the network of the infamous NAMBLA. McCormack is now a bishop? My advice to the Feds: grab up this pervert priest before he absconds to Thailand, NAMBLA Heaven, with his buddies White and Shanley.
Thank God my sons were never altar boys, nor were they ever allowed to go anywhere with a priest. If this had happened to one of them, I would be in prison now for priest-murder.
One day, he was chiding a Protestant lady, saying, "Where was your church before the Reformation?" "In the hearts," she said, "of people like you."Thank you, Campion, for this refreshing anecdote involving St. John Vianney on a day when it seems every story of a priest has an unhappy ending. God bless you.
The word itself is not mentioned in the Bible. Neither are words like "Trinity," "incarnation," "substitutionary atonement," "altar call," "personal relationship with Jesus Christ," and quite a few others.
If you're asking where the concept comes from, 1 Cor 3:15 is a good start. There is an ancient tradition of prayer for the dead found in Judaism, back to the time of Christ and before, and in Christianity back to the time of the Apostles. Prayer for the dead makes no sense unless they can be helped by it, and that implies a state of purification after death.
And, BTW, if you're going to tell me that 1 Cor 3:15 has nothing to do with purgatory and I should ignore ancient tradition in favor of what you think the Bible means ... you're just wasting everyone's time.
A good house cleaning is in order. At least in government the people get a chance to clean house every 4 years. The corruption in the Catholic Church is rooted far deeper than anything a corrupt politician could imagine.
And that verse is found right next to the one where people were baptized using the titles "Father Son and Holy Spirit". Three chapters away from the scripture where Eve ate an apple and two chapters away from where Noah cursed Ham.
Funny the number of things people think are in the Bible that just are not there.
a. cricket
*Putting on flameproof suit.*
Surely, you won't take up too much space by quoting one verse in the Bible where "purgatory" is mentioned?
I have "Yahoo" and "Google" too. I can look up plastic shoelaces if I wish. I asked YOU to tell me where in the Bible it mentions "purgatory."
Awaiting your reply.
There are concepts in the Bible for which we now have words that don't appear in the Bible.
Where in the Bible are the words "Trinity" or "Incarnation"? Nowhere. But the concepts are clearly there.
To find references to Purgatory, see:
I can post these verses for you if you'd like.
Which isn't even Biblical if you've ever read the Book of Hebrews.
You mean like in the Book of Acts and Peter and Timothy?
I think the Church is doing a good job of that by itself...
a.cricket
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