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To: Cincincinati Spiritus
Pedaphilia and homosexuality is a recent plague on the Catholic Church.

Any reading of history shows the Roman Catholic papacy to be riddled with debauchery, homosexuality, illegitimate children and corruption.

From various first-ups on google, the following men were known and practicing homosexuals...

John XII (r. 955-964)

Pope Paul II (1464–1471)

Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484)

Pope Leo X (1513–1521)

Pope Julius II (1503-1513)

Pope Julius III (1550–1555)

The list goes on and one right up to modern day where Pope John XXIII (1958-1963) whose tenure produced "Crimen Sollicitationis" which demanded the oath of secrecy for all those who accuse priests of sexual abuse, and Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) were said to be homosexual.

The practice of celibate priesthood is from the very beginning.

No, it's not. Peter was married. And celibacy wasn't ordered by the Roman church until 1075 when Gregory VII issued a decree barring married men from the priesthood which was later affirmed by the First Lateran Council in 1123.

This came as a direct result of the Great Schism in 1054. The Orthodox church has never required its priests not to marry.

As long as Roman Catholics defend its pederast priesthood, its children will continue to be destroyed by men who are supposed to be protecting them.

Christ told us what these men can expect, millstone and deep sea-wise.

84 posted on 03/13/2011 3:24:58 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
This came as a direct result of the Great Schism in 1054. The Orthodox church has never required its priests not to marry.

All Eastern rites I know only permit marriage for those candidates who are already married. This was much less common in the West. Celibacy has always been the norm. It's basis justified in Scripture as well as in Tradition. You know this. Mt 19:10-12

92 posted on 03/13/2011 4:14:27 PM PDT by Cincincinati Spiritus
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