I’m sorry but I am not astonished ! This is par for the course. I was the best obedient Roman Catholic anyone could be for 60 yrs. I was a convert with my mother at age 12 to bring my Dad back to the church. I was a devoted person to my( church,sadly) I learned to be Devoted to our LORD,, when I rec’vd the HOLY Spirit..
…We raised our 4 children in the church. I had relatives who were in religious orders , who many years ago, told us things we could not believe.
In 2001 , when the… …“hit the fan” in San Diego, where we kept our boat(to get out of the AZ. heat)we knew “all they had told us was TRUE and beyond. We left !
. I am going to be 84 in Aug. and have been around a long time, seen and heard more than I care to remember. Nothing in this evil place will ever change! They like it the way it is. They have pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes for way too long. We don’t BUY THEIR” BS" ANYMORE. THEY WILL NOT CHANGE BUT WE MUST GET THEM" SHUT DOWN" FOREVER!
In these 72 yrs. I have heard more sickening stories of priests taking advantage of peoples hospitality( when they were given their homes to use) when they were away on vacation. The people who cleaned the homes, when the priests left, told the owners there were used condems all over the place…beds in such disaray you couldn’t make them, bathrooms filthy,, garbage etc. the home completly destroyed with evil stuff. Needless to say the owners contacted the group of Catholic priests and said never again.
They( the catholics owners ) didn’t know that this is the sort of stuff the Vatican has going on right now and has been going on for millenium(s) right under the noses of all there and don’t care, or people who venture to Rome and don’t have the foggiest. We’ve been there and ooed and ahed .. What a waste!
Rome knows it and has published these (sex parties) in their papers. In fact just before Bennedict" took a powder" and resigned..that’s when It all hit the “papers” just before.
. They all know but if they don’t tell the authorities are all participating in this coverup . Sickening to us but think of what Jesus Christ must feel.??

God Bless the victims of sexual abuse by clergy. They have nothing to be ashamed of but the clergy have nothing but the devil to rescue them; they are that evil! So evil that God spits them out of HIS mouth.

Id like to know the circumstances in which he died. Was he ill? It’s always a “bring back JP1” and the circumstances leading up to his death. The rcc is not ever accountable to anything but getting rid of "negative PR. Very curioyus!

“The Lord has not given you a spirit of fear but of POWER, LOVE and a SOUND MIND” this is a quote from scripture!
This I say to those who have been abused. It’s the only way to stop the abuse of more children of God! SPEAK UP AND DON’T BE AFRAID!

I feel for the people who are waiting for “anyone in the catholic church” to do “anything”, like is proposed in these letters, to the hierarachy. It is an impossible Hope! Christ says never to loose Hope. But to put your Hope(Blessed Hope) in the Devil is not a good idea that Jesus Christ would not approve of, unless you are the follower of the devil.

Richard, you are living in a world of sexual abuse of minors , handicapped and marginalized by clergy that call themselves" CHRIST here on earth" to their people( children included)! And you think. " no one doubts that whomever is elected Pope, will address the sexual abuse scandal in an appropriate manner." Evidently you believe in giving the RCC the “benefit of the doubt,” correct. ? That is unacceptable in our time!. You are living in a day where you can look up anything and find out the truth, without being a person who has his “head in the sand” . You are putting yourself in the position of being incrementally abused by those you " blindly" trust to do the right thing. They Haven’t done right thing yet! I was 60 yrs. the best Catholic you could be. We have been " out " since 2001…and see, everyday the evil in the RCC coming to a head. Especially when the pope abdicated his role in the institution that is covering up all the sexual and monetary abuse through out the Catholic world. It’s a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY that many will be tried,( in the INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT in the Hague, Netherlands) where the people who have been abused by them, are Thanks be to GOD are
taking Action against this evil.
A pope is not needed..Jesus was not, nor was Peter.You must have an INVESTIGATIVE MIND!
Just as the New Christians had ! They would not even believe Paul but tested everything!
You don’t seem to" know " the scriptures, except by what you’re told. You must allow the HOLY SPIRIT to guide you in your research! I PROMISE you HE WILL! May GOD BLESS you in
your search for the TRUTH of JESUS CHRIST!

My prayer is that the GOD OF OUR FATHERS, who punished the evil of Sodom & Gamorah will do something to get the attention of the people who still believe this is the church CHRIST started..which it is not..It is not the CHRISTIANITY OF THE BIBLE but an institution of MAN!

My prayer is that the GOD OF OUR FATHERS, who punished the evil of Sodom & Gamorah will do something to get the attention of the people who still believe this is the church CHRIST started..which it is not..It is not the CHRISTIANITY OF THE BIBLE but an institution of MAN!

MY PRAYER IS; THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER POPE! All the talk and speculation is just that. THE LEADER OF CHRISTIANITY IS JESUS CHRIST! THE . PEOPLE ARE THE CHURCH! WHY NOT START HONORING HIM FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF US?? NO LEADER NEEDED ! JESUS CHRIST IS OUR LEADER..period!

All of a sudden I was whisked to a sign in and didn’t get to complete my comment. GS

The Roman Catholic Church is a corporation( a place called the Vatican with affiliates all over the world). and has nothing to do with the “Real Church” which is composed of’THE PEOPLE OF GOD", . which they are NOT!
This so called church has no authority over the “people of God” as they are not an ediface a place or anbut a spirituality given only by God.

I prayed before the.CONNETICUT school shootings for GOD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN..Never did I ever want anything like this to happen but if the Hierarchy doesn’t get the importance of every single child in our Universe, after these most diabolical killings…I don’t know what will wake them from this sickening COVER UP!

We must keep this subject OPEN for those living with this horror! Remember our precious ones who have been brutally abused by (supposed )people of trust. AMEN??

I would like it if you would “date” each comment, if you could. I’m sure I wrote that a long time ago. I still agree with it. Why write at all….nothing “ever” will come of it but more subtrefuge.

I am no longer 81 but 83. Born in Aug. 1929....I have been blogging "THE REALITY" OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SINCE 2001. WE, (MY HUSBAND AND I OF 61 YRS ) NOW HAVE 2 GREAT GRAND SONS 6 & 2....

Forgivness is a personal thing that happens when you have been abused.and “you choose” to forgive your abuser. That is not for us to decide whether we forgive the abusers or not. They must be held accountable for their Crimes Against the innocent of our society! They must not be sent out into society again & again to abuse again as the hierarachy of the RCC has delibertly done to excuse their “fault”.They have allowed them to do this by transfering them from one unsuspecting parish to another unsuspecting parish abusing the innocents as they go.

These, children,( the marginalized and handicaped )have been harmed beyond recognition for the rest of their lives and who have been Spiritually Murdered !!

The Catholic Clergy must be held to a higher standard than any other human being that sexually abuses the innocents. Why ? Because they claim to be Christ here on earth to the Catholics. They hear the confessions of people as if they were God. They are not God and have no right, by any Biblical Standard to do so. Christ is our Redeemer ! To HIM do we owe our Salvation and no one else… This is the Worst kind of Blasphemy of Jesus Christ , His Father and the Holy Spirit, to the highest possible order in this universe.

You just keep following thier rules . You think it will change. It wont. Read below.

I’ll bet many Christians wondered why Jesus called Saul. Below is your answer.

They could meet every day but they do nothing because they WANT to do “NOTHING” This is their MO. Any one that thinks the devil will change is whistling Dixie!

They are who they are and it’s been this…. ad finititum…. It’s been since Saul, who became Paul, on the road to Damacus! Thank God that Jesus called him to warn the church of the infilltraitors that were teaching the new Christians, a doctrin that was Pharisicital. He, (Paul) had been a Pharisitical Jew that persecuted Christ’s followers and knew how to counteract their teachings… He said they would tickle the ears of the believers and they did just that. That became the RCC. Nothing but rules and regulations of “man” to follow, rather than Christ’s Gospels. All the things they call tradition are just that. Theirs, Not Christs. Confession, real presence, sit , stand, pray, pay and obey. Jesus never said any of these things in HIS WORD!

Freedom in Christ is whatyou should have. I have HIM and HE has me. That’s the Way of Christ.!

The rcc has not even done the “bare minimum” to protect the innocent of our population. It’s not just the kids, as you put it ,It is the disadvantaged or orphaned boys and girls in homes run by the rcc, the deaf and blind, in a German home run by the Pope’s brother..the atrocities going on for more than 75 yrs in Ireland, all over the catholic world.

You will find these Crimes Against Humanity in every caholic church.. with priests being moved to another parish or home or institution, when they have been found out. No one tells the people who are getting these predator, pedphiles, so they are like sheep being "not ready " for the slaughter of their innocents.Had they known they could remove the innocent from the hands of the predators. This menace of sexual abuse by people in authority on our innocents, (being ignored for millenium(s)) has got to be taken to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands. And found GUILTY OF SPIRITUAL ,MENTAL AND PHYSICAL MURDER OF OUR INNOCENTS, THROUGHOUT THE catholic world..