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Yep. It's idiotic to point to "celibacy." Celibacy doesn't cause homosexuality or pedophilia. And being able to marry a woman is going to do nothing for the gay perverts. What has happened is that the homosexual liberation movement has made them more aggressive. They are acting out fantasies with greater abandon and, apparently, without fear of any consequences.

The problem has a lot to do with the liberal policies which came in after Vatican II which made becoming a priest a lot easier. When they actually had to study Latin, Greek, theology, and philosophy, wear clerical garb always, and actually do priestly work most of the time, it was a less attractive crash pad and cash cow for recreational homosexuals. This is the result of the infiltration of the Church by the aggressive gay subculture. Any bishop who has tolerated this or swept it under the rug should resign. I am sicked that we, as Catholic conservatives, wrote to Rome and complained and complained about all of this nonsense over twenty years ago and not only was practically nothing done about it but the gay-liberal agenda continued to be promoted at Catholic seminaries and universities in this country. Did it really take this long for the authorities to wake up? Why is there a "gay" club at the "Catholic" Georgetown University in Washington? That ought to be shut down tomorrow. Why was The Vagina Monologues monologues allowed to be shown at Holy Cross and Notre Dame? Why is a creep like Richard McBrien allowed to continue to pretend to be a "Catholic" theologian without discipline from his bishop?Why does Fordham University have an anti-Catholic professor of sociology on its faculty who writes anti-Catholic books? Why was a charlatan like Cardinal Bernardin so lionized and adored by secular liberals who hate the Church? Why has Rome tolerated the heresy, sacrilege, iconoclasm, and buffoonery of a Bishop Weakland? This queer stuff didn't happen in a vacuum. There is an entire
anti-Catholic subculture within the American Church. They should all be kicked out. Every sick liberal bastard.

Oh man, why'd you have to remind me of all of this and get my blood boiling even more at 3:45am? I'm with you. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? I can see perhaps on a small scale, but this is nearly all-pervasive. Nevertheless, God is allowing this and we have to trust that He will PURIFY the Church in his own time and way (starting now) but it's going to hurt like hell.

One thing I often think about is how they have gone and named so-called Catholic colleges using names like "Georgetown," and "Fordham" University? Doesn't sound too Catholic to me, but that must be the idea.

BTW, a priest-friend of mine (one of the good, holy guys) once told me that a seminary of his order is known as the "Pink Palace" !!!

I think I'm going to be writing my own letter to the Vatican very soon, if for nothing else than to vent my frustrations on paper, as I'm sure it will get lost in the shuffle anyway. I really feel for the Holy Father, because I know he grieves to the bone over what is going on. I just wish he could do something in one sweeping motion.

Please forward you post to Prefect Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. He has primary responsibility for the work of the CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH it is responsible for reviewing acts or omissions by all orders of faith.

It is clear we do have a critical moral crisis within the American Roman Catholic Church deserving the attention of Cardinal Ratzinger's commission. I have no doubt this review is taking place as you read this post. However, conveying your specific concerns to the Cardinal for his review is more than appropriate.

The following is background about the CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH provided within the above URL:

Founded in 1542 by Pope Paul III with the Constitution "Licet ab initio," the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was originally called the Sacred Congregation of the Universal Inquisition as its duty was to defend the Church from heresy. It is the oldest of the Curia's nine congregations.

The only curial organism which is older is the Secretariat of State, whose forerunner, the Apostolic Secretariat, was created by Innocent VIII on December 31, 1487, with the Constitution "Non debet reprehensibile."

Pope St. Pius X in 1908 changed the name to the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. It received its current name in 1965 with Pope Paul VI. Today, "according to Article 48 of the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia, 'Pastor Bonus,' promulgated by the Holy Father John Paul II on June 28, 1988," "the duty proper to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and safeguard the doctrine on the faith and morals throughout the Catholic world: for this reason everything which in any way touches such matter falls within its competence."

The congregation is now headed by Prefect Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. It has a secretary, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., an under-secretary, P. Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv., and a staff of 31, according to the 2001 "Annuario Pontificio" or "Pontifical Yearbook." It also has 23 members - cardinals, archbishops and bishops - and 27 consultors. Given the nature of its task, congregation work is divided into four distinct sections: the doctrinal office, the disciplinary office, the matrimonial office and that for priests.

The congregation, says the "Activity of the Holy See," in conformity with its raison d'etre, promotes in a collegial fashion encounters and initiatives to "spread sound doctrine and defend those points of Christian tradition which seem in danger because of new and unacceptable doctrines."