Showing posts with label Benedict XVI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benedict XVI. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

"Pope St. John Paul II Knew about Sexual Abuse of Children by Priests and Sought to Conceal It": Pope SAINT John Paul II?

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News outlets are now reporting that Polish television broadcaster TVN24 has just aired a report stating that " Pope St. John Paul II kn...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Telling Truth about Benedict's Legacy re: Clerical Sexual Abuse of Minors, and Commentary on Cardinal Pell's Legacy re: Abuse

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Adam Horowitz offers one of the best pieces of commentary  I've seen on how far too many Catholic journalists and academics have chosen ...
Monday, January 9, 2023

On Benedict's "Kindness" and What Eulogies About His "Kindness" Say to LGBTQ Catholics

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I've refrained until now from commenting here about the death of Emeritus Pope Bendict, because...well, to be honest, I'm not sure w...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Tom Doyle on Why Clericalism Is Primary Root of Catholic Abuse Horror Show (Contra Benedict)

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The emeritus pope recently published a statement about the abuse horror show in the Catholic church which makes absolutely no mention at...
Saturday, April 13, 2019

The Bannon Link: Using Trump Playbook to Attack Pope Francis

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Steve Bannon: If Trump is reelected, the country is going to get "pure Trump off the chain" https://t.co/ItFWWiyOz4 pic.twitte...
Friday, April 12, 2019

More Valuable Commentary on Benedict's Poisonous Letter: Part of a Bigger Initiative of Catholic Right, with Bannon at the Very Center

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Steve Bannon is on a new crusade to reform the Vatican. Critics say he, and a movement, are using the same playbook that helped President ...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Benedict Undercuts Francis on Abuse Narrative: The 1960s Made Us Do It

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Pope Benedict's letter from his hideout blames the sexual revolution in the '60s for crimes against children committed on his wat...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican: Concluding Remarks About Why This Book Matters — The Extensive Damage Done by a System "Perverted Since the Outset"

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I've now finished reading Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican , and want to share some concluding thoughts about the...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Frédéric Martel on the Tragedy That Is the Pastoral Career of Joseph Ratzinger — A Tragedy for the Entire Church

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From Frédéric Martel, In the Closet of the Vatican , on the tragedy of Joseph Ratzinger's (Benedict XVI's) pastoral career: ...
Friday, March 22, 2019

More from Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican on the Source of Corruption in the Catholic Church: Not Glitches, but a System

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As I keep reading Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican , I'd like to say more about the theme of corruption I featu...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

More on Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican: The Dark Heart of Martel's Story — Corruption of Pretend Heterosexuality Coupled with Abominable Treatment of Queer People

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I have now made my way about halfway through Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican , trans. Shaun Whiteside (London: Blo...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican: Valuable Commentary — "A Dishonest System Cannot Demand Honesty"

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I have not read Frédéric Martel's explosive new book In the Closet of the Vatican , about which there has been a flurry of commen...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

"Everything in This Spreading Crisis Revolves Around Structural Mendacity"; "Poland's Most Senior Nun Has Been Banned from Further Media Contact": Talking Abuse

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Poland's most senior nun has been banned from further media contact after condemning the sexual abuse of religious sisters by Cathol...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Two More Valuable Resources re: Opus Dei: Betty Clermont's and Penny Lernoux's Books

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I'd like to add two valuable resources to the primer of books and articles about Opus Dei I posted this past weekend . That primer ...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Abuse of Vulnerable People and Churches: Recent Reports, from Baptists to Nuns Raped by Bishops and Priests to Jesuits to a German Princess Saving the Church

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This is a collection of reports on the abuse situation as it is unfolding in various churches now. These are all recent statements, and...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Killing of John Allen Chau, Controversy re: Pope Benedict's View of Jewish-Christian Relations, Claim of Franklin Graham That Trump Defends the Faith: Idea of Religious Mission Now in News

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With the killing of John Allen Chau on North Sentinel Island and controversy about EPope Benedict XVI's understanding of Jewish-...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

On the "Light Handed" St. John Paul the Great and the "Mild" Benedict: Anti-Francis Catholic Right and "Dinesh DeSouza School of Church History"

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Lessons from the 14th Amendment: Every society is built on foundation myths, affirming the righteousness of the National project. But the ...
Saturday, September 8, 2018

Latest Viganò Commentary: "Vatican Receives a Letter in *November 2000* Detailing a Mess of Allegations Against McCarrick. Three Months Later, Instead of Sanctions, St. JPII Gives McCarrick a Red Hat"

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The Viganistas have an obvious timing problem. The secret sanctions was the clever solution to bridging the gap, but it may have been too ...
Wednesday, September 5, 2018

My "Final" Take on the Viganò Narrative: I Am Frankly Not Sure That Catholicism Can Be Cleansed of Hatred of Queer People

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One possible explanation of Pope Francis's silence on Viganò: to respond to the accusations would require him to directly critique the...
Friday, August 31, 2018

"It's All Rubbish": Emeritus Pope Benedict's Secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein on Viganò's Letter

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Valuable commentary on the Viganò affair keeps churning out, and I feel obliged to crank the churn here and provide excerpts for you....