Posted on 07/26/2018 8:30:35 PM PDT by ebb tide
The McCarrick scandals are proving to be a breaking point for many Catholics. Here we have not a man engaged in a struggle against temptation – who of us isn’t? – but a man whose shamelessly predatory behavior was tacitly condoned by countless church leaders at the highest levels, and whose depraved behavior was normal in many clerical circles. How many loving Catholic parents have sent their sons off to seminary never imagining the ordeal of sexual harassment, molestation and lifelong moral compromise that awaited?
It is no wonder that many who were lately warming up to the Church are now disgusted at the thought of conversion. It is no wonder that many lifelong Catholics are considering whether their faith can withstand such hypocrisy and corruption. Trite admonishments that “no one’s perfect” or “there is no perfect church” ring hollow when you consider that the man laying hands on your teens at Confirmation would not scruple to let a brother bishop go to bed with those same teens.
How does an honest Catholic hold on to the faith in such putrid circumstances?
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Many years ago after crap in Catholic school from priests and nuns etc.,
I decided I would never let any of those types, even a bad pope, make me leave the Church and the valid Mass. Still there.
Even Jesus had a Judas.
Beautiful!
All this crap that is taking place has been foretold. The devil is working overtime and he is sifting through all of God's people, especially his priests. He has an easier time when people stop praying.
What better way can the devil get people disengaged from Jesus than to scandalize the flock with "sifted" priests?
I am hanging on to the Rock.
The Danes have a saying, “a fish rots from its head”——- I don’t know if that’s a proven fact but USA had an enemy alien in the White House - and few of us gave up our love of country. I’m confident that bad clerics won’t destroy many proples’ Faith.
This is very powerful.
Yes. The teachings and the Sacraments and prayer.
Sexual sin scandals is across the board in the Christian sadly right now.
Correction: Christian faith.
If I am not mistaken, Pope Pius XII also encouraged Catholics to get back into Bible reading.
Understood. ( institutions can go bad - usually better bad ones go out of business as really bad ones can do lots of damage to lots of people and causes- and the really big bad ones can prove extremely difficult to clean up. Swamp Draining too hard when the alligators get too big, mean, and entrenched). Best,
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