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That's pretty quick when measured against action to pardon Galileo That process took 636 years.

Yep. But they're ready to canonize JP2 ASAP, the same guy who knowingly tolerated this scandalous abuse of children. And this man who idly stood by while this occurred and then did a big coverup and helped Law to escape justice is supposed to be a saint? The real truth is that JP2 aided and abetted child molesters, just like Law did.

When I think of the word 'saintly', these kinds of people just aren't on my list. Or the list of most devout RCs, at least, not the ones I know.

Hey, Rome doesn't need to worry about me. They need to be more concerned with RC folks slipping over to the Orthodox. Or becoming SSPXers. Or punishing Rome by withholding donations which is certainly happening in many places. RCs aren't stupid and they do love and protect their children like anyone else. So Rome will continue to pay the price for their indifference to the suffering the pedopriests have inflicted upon innocent and defenseless children and their parents.

Rome places great emphasis on the supposed authority of Tradition. But one of the real hallmarks of the ancient church was its efforts to combat institutionalized sexual slavery, particularly of children, in the old Roman empire. But today, they are the baby-mashers using their secular power to escape justice at the hands of the civil authority. Rome has judged itself. And the RC faithful, as much as they want to be obedient to tradition and the authority of Rome, can't help but wonder what justifies their faith and confidence in Rome and its edicts.