Pope takes aim at new scourge: nuns

LongTimeListener · Apr 29, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/kristof-we-are-all-nuns.html

Apparently the American 70-somethings are spending too much of their time tending to the poor and taking on African warlords and aren't fully committed to fighting the abortionists and Teh Gayz. (The order itself refers to "radical feminism" in the ranks.)

Even Netflix can't set out to alienate the base quite like the Catholic Church can.

BitterYoungMatador2 · Apr 29, 2012

And yet we all have family and friends who blindly go and toss them money weekly. It's baffling.

Starman · Apr 29, 2012

LongTimeListener said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/kristof-we-are-all-nuns.html

Apparently the American 70-somethings are spending too much of their time tending to the poor and taking on African warlords and aren't fully committed to fighting the abortionists and Teh Gayz. (The order itself refers to "radical feminism" in the ranks.)

Even Netflix can't set out to alienate the base quite like the Catholic Church can.
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If they want to get rid of Teh Gayz, they could start in their own rectories.

Shockingly shockingly they have little interest in doing so.

Point of Order · Apr 29, 2012

Yeah, not a big fan of this Pope.

Starman · Apr 29, 2012

Point of Order said:

Yeah, not a big fan of this Pope.
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He's been pretty much a complete dud, and now he's even adding to the damage by outliving the fingers-of-one-hand life expectancy most had when he came in.

Of course doctrinally he's carried on most of the themes of JPII, but unlike him he has been utterly unable to project the image of personal likability that made him such a superstar. JPII was like your kind but firm uncle; Benedict like your perpetually grouchy grandpa.

TigerVols · Apr 29, 2012

Starman said:

LongTimeListener said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/kristof-we-are-all-nuns.html

Apparently the American 70-somethings are spending too much of their time tending to the poor and taking on African warlords and aren't fully committed to fighting the abortionists and Teh Gayz. (The order itself refers to "radical feminism" in the ranks.)

Even Netflix can't set out to alienate the base quite like the Catholic Church can.
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If they want to get rid of Teh Gayz, they could start in their own rectums.

Shockingly shockingly they have little interest in doing so.
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The Big Ragu · Apr 29, 2012

Kind of related, I guess. I haven't laughed this hard in a while.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/world/europe/ireland-priest-gay-porn/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- An Irish priest at the center of a gay porn controversy has asked to leave his parish and take sabbatical leave from the priesthood, he said Sunday.

Father Martin McVeigh has admitted he destroyed a memory stick containing "inappropriate imagery" ahead of a church investigation into reports he accidentally showed pictures of naked men to parents of children preparing for their First Holy Communion.

The incident happened at the start of a PowerPoint presentation at a grade school in Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland in March, said the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady.

Parents said in a statement they were "horrified" by what they saw and called for action to be taken against the priest.

The church reported the incident to police, who said no crime had been committed.

In a statement Sunday, McVeigh apologized "for the hurt caused" and "his failure to check his presentation in advance."

However, he insisted he "was not responsible for the presence of the offending images and in this respect I ask you to accept my innocence."

The priest also confirmed he had destroyed the memory stick that contained the images.

He said: "After the images were inadvertently shown, I immediately removed the memory stick from the laptop. In my shock and upset and in my concern to ensure that the images would never be shown again, I destroyed it later that evening."

McVeigh described the past month as "the most difficult" of his life and said he would be taking a break.

"In the hope of bringing resolution and healing to the division and pain within the parish, I have taken the decision to ask Cardinal Brady to allow me to leave the parish of Pomeroy and to take sabbatical leave," said McVeigh, adding: "The memory of this awful episode will remain with me for the rest of my life."

Brady said he accepted McVeigh had no advance knowledge of the pornography.

In a statement Sunday, Brady said it had been "a traumatic time for the whole parish community and for Father McVeigh personally." The cardinal also apologized for the incident.

He issued an update on the church investigation, saying other computers used by McVeigh had been "forensically examined by an independent technical expert and no inappropriate imagery has been found."

Brady added an additional laptop stolen from the local church sacristy since the March 26 meeting "did not form part of the technical examination."

The cardinal said he had accepted McVeigh's request for leave on the understanding he would return to the diocese on its completion.

The latest controversy comes after a series of child sex abuse scandals involving Catholic Church clergy in Ireland. The government-backed investigations say thousands of children have been abused by priests and other church figures over the last 80 years.

In March, the Vatican released a major report into the problem, begging forgiveness from victims. However, victims hit out at the report's finding that new safeguards are working.
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dooley_womack1 · Apr 29, 2012

The Holy See gives not the first shit what we Americans and Europeans think. We ain't its growth market. The third world is what the last two popes have played toward. And that's sad, considering that not coming down hard on birth control could sure help in countries that have a heck of a lot of problems feeding everyone

Beaker · Apr 29, 2012

Ugh. So dismayed...not that I ever expected anything else.

farmerjerome · Apr 29, 2012

I re-posted this on Facebook. I really try to defend Catholicism and then the Vatican comes along and ruins everything.

Football_Bat · Apr 30, 2012

J-Ratz needs a swat on the wrist with a ruler.

TrooperBari · Apr 30, 2012

Starman said:

LongTimeListener said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/kristof-we-are-all-nuns.html

Apparently the American 70-somethings are spending too much of their time tending to the poor and taking on African warlords and aren't fully committed to fighting the abortionists and Teh Gayz. (The order itself refers to "radical feminism" in the ranks.)

Even Netflix can't set out to alienate the base quite like the Catholic Church can.
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If they want to get rid of Teh Gayz, they could start in their own rectories.

Shockingly shockingly they have little interest in doing so.
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Ireland is trying to do just that. Three guesses as to who thinks that's a horrible idea.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/shatter-everyone-is-obliged-to-report-sex-abuse-191995.html
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/04/ireland-proposed-bill-will-command.html

Irish priests have vowed to defy a new law forcing them to report details of sexual abuse revealed in the confessional box. Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter is to introduce new legislation which will force the clergy to reveal all details disclosed in confession. But priests have vowed to defy the law despite the threat of a 10-year jail sentence after the introduction of the mandatory reporting legislation. The 800 strong Association of Catholic Priests has even told the Irish Independent newspaper that its members will flout the Shatter law.
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https://twitter.com/#!/CatholicLeague/status/195935306946592770

Catholic League ‏ @CatholicLeague
A new law in Ireland has been introduced forcing priests to report sex abuse revealed in confession. The war on Catholicism is cresting.
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