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BREAKING - VATICAN IN CRISIS: Just Days before Electing New Pope, Britian's Cardinal O'Brien Resigns! Benedict Changes Conclave Rules
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[quote:K.Kool:MV8yMTUxMDE0XzM2MzU0MTYwXzZFODI5RkE0] [quote:Ohio Leopard:MV8yMTUxMDE0XzM2MzUzODMxX0Y2RjQ1ODQx] [quote:Anonymous Coward 33389306:MV8yMTUxMDE0XzM2MzUzNzcwX0VFQzNFQUVF] No, you are wrong in a very important way. Are you sure you aren't happy talking to yourself to persuade yourself to go forward? It means some number 96% or less of them are good. If 10 priests commit misconduct, what percentage is caught? We do know of cases where priests were just reassigned. Supposedly this was a common practice. If only 10% of offenders are "caught", it means 40% are bad and only 60% are good. If that is the case, for example, one would have to be nuts to attend a RCC church and risk your children. It's not "innocent until proven guilty". I want these guys to be squeaky clean for sure. Look at the power they have, the secrecy they can invoke. They get to hear all the dirtiest neighborhood gossip in confessional every week! [/quote] I appreciate what you're trying to do, but the words of an anonymous poster on a place that I affectionally call "the Crazy People Forum" will not change my mind. I have felt this call since I was a small child. The Church is not perfect; it's made up imperfect humans who are they way because of sin. I hold great stock in Matthew 16:18-19. The Church is doing the best it can despite the imperfections brought on by sin. The place where I will be most content in life and truly living out what God wants for me is in hearing confessions, administering the Eucharist, performing baptisms, helping families through the loss of a loved on by reminding them of Jesus' resurrection, etc. I know it's where I'm supposed to be, and I can't wait to get there! [/quote] About three months ago, I came back home to the church, by going to my first confession for twenty something years, it totally verified Matthew 16:16-19 for me, and I am enormously thankful men like you become priests and minister this sacrament to us. It is a magnificent, awesome thing, my heart can hardly comprehend it...the feeling of liberation is pure joy. [/quote]
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Cardinal Keith O'Brien has resigned following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Story coming shortly.
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