As I wrote in America in response to Cardinal Pierre's article, synodality is basically irrelevant to evangelizing when the organization in question has a deserved reputation for the sexual abuse of children. The American bishops addressed this issue in the 1990s, in 2002 more successfully, and were forbidden from dealing with it in an e…
As I wrote in America in response to Cardinal Pierre's article, synodality is basically irrelevant to evangelizing when the organization in question has a deserved reputation for the sexual abuse of children. The American bishops addressed this issue in the 1990s, in 2002 more successfully, and were forbidden from dealing with it in an effective way by Rome in November 2018. Just as Latin America has a head start on official synodality, so the Church in the United States has a huge head start over the rest of the world in dealing with this issue. And until Rome gets it and starts supporting victims instead of rapists, and allows an effective and public investigation of irresponsible or abusing bishops, evangelization will be severely handicapped. When my own bishop was accused, he went public with what was happening and was eventually vindicated.
And if the Church won't deal with the problem the governments will. The Pennsylvania Attorney General's report didn't include Philadelphia, which Archbishop Chaput had already cleaned up. It would be a lot better if the Church would clean up its own act rather than letting the courts do it for us, but Pope Francis once again just gave his verbal support for another covering up for another rapist bishop.
Under these circumstances evangelization is mostly impossible.
I recall one of Francis' first airborne interviews, when he was told that he's being criticized by a lot of people in America, he replied that he considered that a compliment.
Finally, yes, thank you. Whew. Talk about confusion. I feel a little dizzy. The Nuncio talking in vague circles and comments mostly spinning new circles. Thank God that was my last free article.
As I wrote in America in response to Cardinal Pierre's article, synodality is basically irrelevant to evangelizing when the organization in question has a deserved reputation for the sexual abuse of children. The American bishops addressed this issue in the 1990s, in 2002 more successfully, and were forbidden from dealing with it in an effective way by Rome in November 2018. Just as Latin America has a head start on official synodality, so the Church in the United States has a huge head start over the rest of the world in dealing with this issue. And until Rome gets it and starts supporting victims instead of rapists, and allows an effective and public investigation of irresponsible or abusing bishops, evangelization will be severely handicapped. When my own bishop was accused, he went public with what was happening and was eventually vindicated.
And if the Church won't deal with the problem the governments will. The Pennsylvania Attorney General's report didn't include Philadelphia, which Archbishop Chaput had already cleaned up. It would be a lot better if the Church would clean up its own act rather than letting the courts do it for us, but Pope Francis once again just gave his verbal support for another covering up for another rapist bishop.
Under these circumstances evangelization is mostly impossible.
I recall one of Francis' first airborne interviews, when he was told that he's being criticized by a lot of people in America, he replied that he considered that a compliment.
Recall Cardinal Cupich's role in November 2018.
I tried to find your America comment and could not.
Did you find the article with Pierre's statement? I wrote a number of comments on it, but the last one is the one to which I was referring.
Finally, yes, thank you. Whew. Talk about confusion. I feel a little dizzy. The Nuncio talking in vague circles and comments mostly spinning new circles. Thank God that was my last free article.
I have 5 comments on that article; I just checked and I could see them all there. It's the fifth one that this is basically repeating.