And so is my coverage of this issue.
"Hierarchy rallies behind pope at Easter Mass; In annual address, Benedict does not mention scandal" by Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times | April 5, 2010
VATICAN CITY — A prominent cardinal, in a marked departure from tradition, stood near Pope Benedict XVI at Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square yesterday and delivered a very public expression of support in the face of growing anger over the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal, a topic left untouched by the pope in his Easter appearances.
The remarks on the day Christians celebrate the joy of Jesus’ resurrection were made by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a former secretary of state and the dean of the college of cardinals.
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He ain't even Catholic!
They were among a chorus of denunciations by church officials of what they have framed as a campaign of denigration of the church and its pontiff.
Agenda-pushing MSM.
The ferocity of the response speaks to the very nature of the papacy: Its occupant inherits the throne of Peter, the church’s founder, and plays a unique role in the world as a religious figure and secular leader. And so, some churchmen and lay Catholics are interpreting questions about Benedict’s role in the scandal as an attack on the faith....
There is only one faith that does not get attacked in my jewspaper.
Shortly before the Mass started, with thousands of pilgrims filling a rain-swept St. Peter’s Square, Sodano offered special greetings to the pope, wished him a happy Easter, and said the bishops and 400,000 priests around the world stood by him....
Shortly after the Mass, the pope took to the balcony and delivered his annual “Urbi et Orbi’’ — “To the City and to the World’’ — address, making no mention of the scandal but touching on the world’s trials and troubled places: the Middle East, Christian communities in Iraq and Pakistan, drug trafficking in Latin America, the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, and conflicts in Africa.
Yeah, THAT is why the Catholic Church is under siege.
THEY ACTUALLY COMMAND LEGIONS of LISTENERS to PROBLEMS the AGENDA-PUSHERS would prefer you DO NOT THINK ABOUT!
Look, I wish the church would stand up even more, but considering the withering assault from certain sectors....
“May the saving power of Christ’s resurrection fill all of humanity,’’ Benedict said, “so that it may overcome the multiple tragic expressions of a ‘culture of death’ which are becoming increasingly widespread.’’
In the end, it will, whatever you want to call that higher power out there.
And RETRIBUTION and JUSTICE shall come SWIFTLY to those who promote such things!
The church hierarchy, from local bishops to the cardinals who run the church to Vatican officials, have grown increasingly aggressive in lashing back at sweeping criticism of the church....
I'm just tired of the slanted and biased tone of the MSM.
The divide between the church and its critics, who include victims’ rights advocates and lawyers, editorial voices, and even the archbishop of Canterbury, has widened in the past two weeks, after continuing disclosures about a history of molestation of children by priests in parishes in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and France.
Yeah, the AmeriKan MSM will try and open that as wide as it can.
Leading the charge has been the Vatican’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, which published a summary yesterday of comments over Easter weekend in support of Benedict from bishops around the world. The headlines said Benedict was the target of “crude propaganda’’ and a “base defamatory operation.’’
They read AmeriKan newspapers?
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, the archbishop of Mexico City, said Benedict was facing “defamation and attacks of lies and vileness because of a few dishonest and criminal priests.’’ Lima’s archbishop, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, said the church’s enemies have mistreated the pope with “with an unusual lack of respect for the truth and an incredible show of cynicism.’’
Doesn't surprise me anymore coming from the lying, agenda-pushing papers.
Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, the archbishop of Paris, cited an “offensive that aims at destabilizing the pope, and through him, the church.’’
The closing of ranks notably included a sermon delivered before the pope on Good Friday by the Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa, who seemed to equate the criticism of the church over the priest sex abuse scandal with anti-Semitism, antagonizing both victims’ groups and Jewish leaders....
Oh, the ATTACKS BACKFIRING like EVERYTHING USrael is doing these days?
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