FrancisChurch Strains at the Gnat and Swallows the Camel

American Spectator ^ | November 17, 2019 | George Neumayr

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FrancisChurch Strains at the Gnat and Swallows the Camel

While Uncle Ted’s nephews still exercise power, the pope frets over “ecological” sins.

Earlier this year, James Grein, the primary victim of Theodore McCarrick, reported that he had also been abused by Joseph Bernardin, the late cardinal of Chicago. Grein said the abuse took place in Wisconsin at Lake Geneva. As Grein was swimming, McCarrick pulled down his swimsuit and Bernardin groped him. The accusation received zero coverage in the mainstream media, which continues to treat the politically liberal Bernardin as a canonized figure. But officials at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) are familiar with the charge, and they can’t dismiss Grein as a crackpot (after all, it was Grein’s testimony against McCarrick that the Vatican used to laicize him).

In light of all of this, one might have thought that the USCCB would rename its “Cardinal Bernardin Leadership Award,” which honors outstanding youth. But it didn’t. It gave the award out again this year — to a young “immigrant mother” who advocates for amnesty.

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This is a pontificate that obsesses over trivialities while ignoring the worst catechetical and abuse crises in the history of the Church — an era of payouts to victims and awards named after the perpetrators.

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Although the song “Man in the Mirror” was recorded by Michael Jackson,the lyrics were written by Glen Balard, so MJ’s personal failings do not detract from the strong, positive message of “starting with me”. I've put off learning and saying the Rosary my entire life because I have found it to be tedious and complicated. Well, I STILL find it tedious and complicated, but I am looking at the Man (Woman) in the Mirror and “starting with me”. The Church is in a terrible state right now and it's time for laymen like me to pick up our rosaries and go to battle.