When made aware of a pedophile priest, the Pope & Vatican acted swiftly to protect the child and

[Liberal_in_LA]

bring the priest to justice. NOT!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/10/ap-future-pope-stalled-calif-pedophile-case/

AP: Future pope stalled Calif. pedophile case


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four years after a California priest and convicted child molester asked to be defrocked, his bishop pleaded with the future Pope Benedict XVI to remove the man from the priest...

"Consider the good of the Universal Church," Ratzinger wrote in a 1985 letter to Oakland Bishop John Cummins. "It is necessary for this Congregation to submit incidents of this sort to very careful consideration, which necessitates a longer period of time."

[Orrex]

1. Pope Forgives Molested Children

Old news, but still relevant.

[Flying Dream Blues]

3. OMG, I didn't see where this was from at first.. nt

[Richard Steele]

2. Christ himself is gonna bitch-slap you cowardly shitheads UNreccing this thread.

You disgusting little feces-eating maggots.

[SpiralHawk]

5. Republicon Family Values = hiding your sins

Pretending you are innocent. Blaming others.

[Richard Steele]

9. It's a sick & sad foundation to build a world-dominating society upon, isn't it?

Frankly, I'm just hoping it crashes fast enough for me to see it.

[DaveinJapan]

20. I just hit "rec" but the count stayed the same (my +1 WAS added though). who would unrec this? nt

[Vexatious Ape]

4. My fantasy:

Full scale military invasion of the Vatican. Seize all the gold and send it back to Latin America where it was stolen. Seize all church property in the U.S. and turn them into library's, museums, public schools, night clubs, concert hall, something useful. Force the pope to apologize to the entire human race for the multitude of crimes perpetrated by the church over the centuries, including the Inquisition, hiding Nazi's and supporting other assorted fascist's, child rape, child rape cover-ups, fraud, brain washing the masses, scaring the 3rd world out of their condoms, scaring people of their own humanity, Scaring people about their own penis's and vagina's, Rwanda, Bill O'Reilly, retarding Western Civilization, etc etc.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. also...get into those archives...release books, documents, and relics

that the public should have access to.

[Vexatious Ape]

7. Absolutely.

End the entire racket. The Catholic church a dirty relic of the Dark Ages and it needs to go.

[DCKit]

15. +1. Nothing the fascists hate more than information and education.

They've got the definitive motherload since the library at Alexandria was burnt.

[veganlush]

12. you said it all! and said it well!..n/t

[CoffeeCat]

14. I'd join the military...

...if I could have assurances that I could attack the Vatican with
a tank.

[jacko_be]

17. invasion of the vatican ???

now listen, i do think the churche made a lot off bad decisions but, they do a lot of good 2. If the church wasn't there, lesser people could reed, eat live. They do have to apologize, and take a huge step forward. Oh and the fascist's and nazi thing, they already apologized. So to be totally honest, it's again, people fault, not the general idea.
and one Little thing next, stop talking of invading countries. America has done more to fuck this world up then the vatican trying to save it.
Like it or not its the truth
(my version anyway )

[rhett o rick]

21. The good they do in no way excuses the bad. The good can be done without the church.

As long as there is a Catholic Church there will be atrocities. It is not a democratic organization. I resent that my tax dollars subsidize that church.

[Vexatious Ape]

23. Exactly

Pointing out that the church has done some good is like pointing out the fact that Hitler made the trains run on time.

[jacko_be]

25. i disagree ,

they did a lot of good,
catholic schools are still the highest rated in the world.
they take care of the week and needy
i know for a fact, that if you haven't somewhere to sleep
church will lend you a bed
and the ten commandments, forget those about god
you have:
you may not steal
you may not kill
you may not say bad things
honor your parents
...
that's all good shit, if everybody would live like that
it would be grate? don't you think

and there is a difference between church and hitler
church at least tries to be good

[jacko_be]

24. yes, it could be done without the church, but sadly it doesn't happen

and why, is the church not democratic?
(i am atheist but, to say that church is not democratic could you explain what you mean ?)
greatzz

[howard112211]

18. Lol. Since we are doing tough talk today:

I heard that those swiss guards are the toughest badasses of the world. I doubt that the US military could take the Vatican without laying half of Rome to ruins and taking heavy casualties in the process.

[RandomKoolzip]

22. MY fantasy is that people learn how to use apostrophes correctly.

I know, I know...it's a pipe dream. But it sure would make your message 100 times more effective.

[jacko_be]

26. m,y, w,r,i,t,i,n,g, s,u,c,k,s i, k,n,o,w (sorry) NT

[Swamp Rat]

8. k&r

[xchrom]

10. Recommend

[veganlush]

11. it's god's will..n/t

[walldude]

13. K&R.. start issuing warrants.

Criminal conspiracy...

[BrklynLiberal]

16. HAH! Like THAT would EVER happen..

[HughMoran]

19. Here, you're going to need this Mr. Pope

[Johonny]

27. maybe they use Gods time

where 1000 years is one day.