Yeah I'm pretty torn about it. I know one of the failures of the Church's response to the abuse crisis was risk-adverse Bishops being CEOs and not pastors when victims came forward.
On the other hand, after Pope Benedict's apology for the residential schools was deemed insufficient, Pope Francis went to Canada in person to apologize, and …
Yeah I'm pretty torn about it. I know one of the failures of the Church's response to the abuse crisis was risk-adverse Bishops being CEOs and not pastors when victims came forward.
On the other hand, after Pope Benedict's apology for the residential schools was deemed insufficient, Pope Francis went to Canada in person to apologize, and his apology was still blasted by the media as being too little too late.
The real problem is we now live in a world where people weaponize apologies.
Yeah I'm pretty torn about it. I know one of the failures of the Church's response to the abuse crisis was risk-adverse Bishops being CEOs and not pastors when victims came forward.
On the other hand, after Pope Benedict's apology for the residential schools was deemed insufficient, Pope Francis went to Canada in person to apologize, and his apology was still blasted by the media as being too little too late.
The real problem is we now live in a world where people weaponize apologies.