In Defense of the Catholic Church!

I've received some criticism recently, because some of you think I have been "Dumping" too much on the Catholic Church.  So in an effort to be  "Fair and Balanced"  (à la Fox News style)  I thought I would post this YouTube video I found in defense of the Catholic Church.

Now I realize the video runs a little bit longer (about eight minutes) than some of you might like.  But it's worth watching all the way through, the man makes some excellent points so give him a chance and hear him out.



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The Pope Gives a Shout-Out to the Beatles!

Some forty plus years since John Lennon first boasted that  "The Beatles Are Bigger Than Jesus Christ" -the ever Benevolent Pope Benedict has decided to forgive them. 

Yes it's true, the same church that back in the 60's was warning Catholic parents worldwide to keep their children away from the Evil and Satanic Influence of Beatles Music. Has now decided to give the group.  Its stamp of approval.

The irony here is that back in the 60's.  The church did nothing to warn parents about its own Child Molesting Clergy.  As they knowingly and deliberately continued to put children in harms way.

While this story received a considerable amount of media attention in the past week.  I think perhaps the best coverage came last night On Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update with Seth Meyers.  Check out the video...



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Papal Sex Abuse Cover-Up!

According to recent news reports, Pope Benedict himself played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy.

In 2001 while he was still Cardinal.  He issued a secret Vatican edict to Catholic Bishops all over the world, instructing them to put the churches interest ahead of the safety of children.  Yes I said children.  As if taking advantage of the trust and innocence of teenage boys wasn't bad enough.  We now learn that victims were of both sexes, often as young as four, five and six years old.  Some were mentally and physically handicapped.  Still others, as in the recently revealed case in Milwaukee were deaf or otherwise physically impaired.

The Papal Edict commanded that rather than reporting sexual abuse to the relevant legal authorities (which is the law).  Bishops should encourage the victim's, witnesses and perpetrators not to talk about it at all.  And to keep the victims quiet.  The document threatened that if they repeated the allegations they would be excommunicated! 

To the true believer, that meant you were being threatened with Eternal Damnation if you stood up for these young victims and told the truth.  And to think, The Church Calls Itself Holy!

The Church further reinforced this strict cover-up policy by introducing a new principle:  The Vatican must have what it calls "Exclusive Competence".  In other words the Pope (then Cardinal Ratzinger) demanded that all child abuse allegations should be dealt with directly by Rome and no one else. 

As Father Tom Doyle, a former Vatican lawyer until he was sacked for criticizing the church's policies states:  "What we have here is an explicit written policy to cover up cases of child sexual abuse by the clergy and to punish those who would call attention to these crimes."

Father Patrick Wall, another former Vatican approved official who was working in America said.  "I found out I wasn't working for a holy institution at all,  but rather a for-profit organization.  That was solely concentrated on protecting itself and its bottom line."

What does it mean when an institution commands a "Code of Silence" and compliance even when serious criminal acts are involved?  Sounds like "Organized Crime" to me.

What does it mean when you knowingly and deliberately conceal the criminal and felonious acts of another?  Isn't that aiding and abetting, isn't that criminal conspiracy?

And what does it mean when you do all this to protect your goodwill, reputation, and ultimately your profits?  Isn't that some sort of racketeering?

Let's face it, if you or I did any of these things.  We'd Be in Jail!!

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