Interesting. When non-Catholic clergy or ministers get caught in immorality, they are absolutely castigated for it. Think Jim Bakker.
And recently another Catholic was absolutely shredding Martin Luther for being so immoral as to get married.
But when the inexcusably heinous and reprehensible conduct of high level Catholic clergy through the ages is addressed, well, nobody is perfect and we have to separate the man from his office.
Sounds a lot like the excuses liberals used for Bill Clinton, doesn’t it?
A man who does not have the moral integrity to control his own lust and behavior has no business being in any position of authority over others, especially in matters of faith and MORALS.
But I still don’t doubt it will be lost on Catholics. They’ve been too indoctrinated to see it objectively.
...when the inexcusably heinous and reprehensible conduct of high level Catholic clergy through the ages is addressed, well, nobody is perfect and we have to separate the man from his office.
Sounds a lot like the excuses liberals used for Bill Clinton, doesn’t it?
A man who does not have the moral integrity to control his own lust and behavior has no business being in any position of authority over others, especially in matters of faith and MORALS.
But I still don’t doubt it will be lost on Catholics. They’ve been too indoctrinated to see it objectively.
Having a hardened heart it the past, I noticed that the process is like a onion, and I found that I had many layers of hardness.
Peeling one away would reveal the next and on and on.
It is a process but at any moment the Holy Spirit can quicken wisdom to your soul and draw you to Him and point you to Jesus for salvation and a new heart.
Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” --John 22:39,40All it takes is asking
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh--Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.--Ezekiel 36:26
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.--2 Corinthians 5:17
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me--Psalms 51:10