Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   MM which devil is more evil Date:   3/9/2020 12:45:20 PM

What bugs me is the false statements and there were many in what he wrote.  While he may not be anti-Catholic he is regurgitating anti-Catholic propaganda based on fake history.  The Catholic Church has plenty of legitimate warts (like all institutions that are comprised of people) but I can't stand by when the false canards are presented as history.

As for the ongoing scandal in the Church regarding sex abuse there is plenty of blame to go around.  I first blame the men who suffered from same sex attraction disorders for infiltrating the priesthood and for their despicable acts against children, young adults and seminarians.  They have no place in the priesthood.  Second, I blame the hierarchy for allowing so many seminaries to be infiltrated by the gay mafia who advanced those sympathetic to their disordered passions and driving away men who would have been orthodox priests faithful to their vocation.  Third, I blame that portion of the hierarchy that failed in their response to the abuse allegations.  Many did so based on bad advice and many did so to protect the Church and prevent scandal.  Some meant well but based on bad advice did not do well and some were downright evil.  Regardless, each and every one of them needs to go away and needs to be replaced by orthodox Bishops and Cardinals.  For better or worse they lack the moral authority and need to resign from leadership.

And this gets to your point about the Pope.  As you know, the Pope is not a CEO of a company.  While he has significant moral authority, his organizational authority is very limited and most of it lies in Vatican City and not in Birmingham, Alabama or any other diocese.  In essence, all he can do is appoint and retire Bishops and Cardinals.  Once they are installed they can pretty much do what they want until they are removed.  Just look at the heresies being spread by the German bishops.  I am no fanboy of Pope Francis and I wish he were more aggressive in rooting out the gay mafia from the Church and more outspoken about the issue.  But other than making personnel changes there is very little he can directly do.