A poll in Stern magazine released this week shows only 39 percent of Germany's Catholics trust the pope, down from 62 percent in late January. Some 34 percent trust the Catholic church as an institution, down from 56 percent in January. The margin of error was 2.5 percentage points.
And these numbers are only for German CATHOLICS!
So the news these days isn't ALL bad.
LOL
Look at all the denials and distortions being posted in the posts above.
It is truly pathetic.
Regardless of how anyone tries to smooth this over, it is reprehensible for the Pope to have been indifferent to the molestation of 200 deaf boys and supportive of a pedophile priest. I wonder how our Catholic friends would react if it were their son and the Pope excused the priest? The priest should have been defrocked and then told to spend his last days repenting. Those 200 family probably left the Church. But that doesn't matter as long as the Church is protected.
We all sin, but when we sin we are to acknowledge our sin-not hide it under a blanket of denials or defend our sin. If we confess our sins, He is faithful to forgive us and cleanse us. If we say we have no sin the truth is not in us. (recommended reading: 1 John)
Strangely, few Catholics seems to be asking the Pope to repent of his wrongful actions. Nor does the Pope say that he made a grievous error. People who defend the Pope's action are simply partakers of the Pope's decision.
Heb 10:26-27 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
Something people should give careful attention to.
Why was it so low in Jan. isn't this a breaking scandal?