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Miracle worker or cursed servant of the devil??? Pope John Paul II Crucifix Falls, Crushes Man to Death
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http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2014/02/when-catholic-pedophile-priests-are.htmlCanonization of Popes John Paul II, John XXIII to draw millions to Rome
A woman looks at statues of Pope John Paul II (left) and
Pope John XXIII at a wax museum in Rome.
Photo: Getty Images
Easter services today are expected to kick off a record-breaking week at the Vatican.
Two beloved modern popes — John Paul II and John XXIII — are to be canonized at the Vatican next Sunday by Pope Francis.
There will be services all week, which could draw the most pilgrims ever to the Catholic capital.
John Paul II is remembered for helping to bring down communism and for inspiring a generation of Catholics. Many now call him “The Great,” only the fourth pope to have earned the moniker.
And while much of the crowd’s focus will be on the Polish pope’s remarkable achievements, Pope John XXIII — known as the “Good Pope” for his kindhearted nature — was no less revolutionary.
Pope Francis bypassed the second miracle typically required for canonization for John XXIII, declaring that he deserved the honor for having convened the Second Vatican Council.
Rome officials said they expected 3 million visitors in the city during the period from the Easter celebrations this weekend to the canonization next Sunday.
Nineteen heads of state and 24 prime ministers are expected to attend the canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square.
In line with Pope Francis’ no-frills papacy, organizers said the canonizations would be a much more sober affair than the three-day extravaganza that marked John Paul’s beatification, the last step before sainthood, in 2011.
Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the vicar of Rome, said some churches would remain open overnight on the eve of the canonization to provide a spiritual retreat for pilgrims, “but not much else.”
Francis has long signaled his support for making a saint of John Paul II, whose funeral nine years ago saw mourners chant, “Santo subito [Saint now]!”
In his 2005 testimony to officials responsible for the sainthood cause, Francis, then Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, praised John Paul’s approach to death as “heroic”: John Paul considered stepping down as pope but chose to serve until his death.
“John Paul II taught us, by hiding nothing from others, to suffer and to die, and that, in my opinion, is heroic,” said Bergoglio at the time.
Two beloved modern popes — John Paul II and John XXIII — are to be canonized at the Vatican next Sunday by Pope Francis.
There will be services all week, which could draw the most pilgrims ever to the Catholic capital.
John Paul II is remembered for helping to bring down communism and for inspiring a generation of Catholics. Many now call him “The Great,” only the fourth pope to have earned the moniker.
And while much of the crowd’s focus will be on the Polish pope’s remarkable achievements, Pope John XXIII — known as the “Good Pope” for his kindhearted nature — was no less revolutionary.
Pope Francis bypassed the second miracle typically required for canonization for John XXIII, declaring that he deserved the honor for having convened the Second Vatican Council.
Rome officials said they expected 3 million visitors in the city during the period from the Easter celebrations this weekend to the canonization next Sunday.
Nineteen heads of state and 24 prime ministers are expected to attend the canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square.
In line with Pope Francis’ no-frills papacy, organizers said the canonizations would be a much more sober affair than the three-day extravaganza that marked John Paul’s beatification, the last step before sainthood, in 2011.
Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the vicar of Rome, said some churches would remain open overnight on the eve of the canonization to provide a spiritual retreat for pilgrims, “but not much else.”
Francis has long signaled his support for making a saint of John Paul II, whose funeral nine years ago saw mourners chant, “Santo subito [Saint now]!”
In his 2005 testimony to officials responsible for the sainthood cause, Francis, then Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, praised John Paul’s approach to death as “heroic”: John Paul considered stepping down as pope but chose to serve until his death.
“John Paul II taught us, by hiding nothing from others, to suffer and to die, and that, in my opinion, is heroic,” said Bergoglio at the time.
Pope to priests’ sex abuse victims: Forgive us
Pope Francis
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Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from people who were
sexually abused by priests, and vowed that there will be no going back
in the church’s fight to protect children.
Francis made the off-the-cuff remarks after coming under criticism from victims’ advocacy groups for a perceived lack of attention to the problem and ongoing demands that he sanction bishops who covered up for pedophiles.
In his remarks to members of the International Catholic Child Bureau, a French Catholic network of organizations that protect children’s rights, Francis said he felt “called to take it upon myself” and “ask forgiveness” for the evil that some priests had committed against children.
“The church is aware of this damage,” he was quoted as saying by Vatican Radio. “We don’t want to take a step back in dealing with this problem and the sanctions that must be imposed. On the contrary, I think we must be even stronger! You don’t play around with the lives of children.”
Last month, Francis named the initial members of a commission to advise him on best practices to combat sexual abuse in the church. Half of them are women and one was assaulted by a priest as a child.
The Vatican has said the members will draft the statutes of the commission and would look into the legal “duties and responsibilities” of church personnel, a suggestion that they might take up the critical question of disciplining complicit bishops. Church law provides for sanctions if a bishop is negligent in carrying out his duties, but to date no bishop has been disciplined for protecting an abuser.
Francis named the commission members after coming under fire for taking no action since the commission itself was announced in December. Victims groups also have been irked that he hasn’t met with survivors and recently told a newspaper that the church had been unfairly attacked for its abuse record.
Francis made the off-the-cuff remarks after coming under criticism from victims’ advocacy groups for a perceived lack of attention to the problem and ongoing demands that he sanction bishops who covered up for pedophiles.
In his remarks to members of the International Catholic Child Bureau, a French Catholic network of organizations that protect children’s rights, Francis said he felt “called to take it upon myself” and “ask forgiveness” for the evil that some priests had committed against children.
“The church is aware of this damage,” he was quoted as saying by Vatican Radio. “We don’t want to take a step back in dealing with this problem and the sanctions that must be imposed. On the contrary, I think we must be even stronger! You don’t play around with the lives of children.”
Last month, Francis named the initial members of a commission to advise him on best practices to combat sexual abuse in the church. Half of them are women and one was assaulted by a priest as a child.
The Vatican has said the members will draft the statutes of the commission and would look into the legal “duties and responsibilities” of church personnel, a suggestion that they might take up the critical question of disciplining complicit bishops. Church law provides for sanctions if a bishop is negligent in carrying out his duties, but to date no bishop has been disciplined for protecting an abuser.
Francis named the commission members after coming under fire for taking no action since the commission itself was announced in December. Victims groups also have been irked that he hasn’t met with survivors and recently told a newspaper that the church had been unfairly attacked for its abuse record.
The Pope aware of sexcrimes among priests
“The Church is aware of this damage” and is committed to strengthening child protection programs and punishing offenders”.
This was the Popes Message to the International Catholic Child Bureau during a meeting at the Vatican.
“I feel called to take responsibility for all the evil some priests – large in number, but not in proportion to the total – have committed and to ask forgiveness for the damage they’ve done with the sexual abuse of children,” Pope Francis has said.
“The Church is aware of this damage” and is committed to strengthening child protection programs and punishing offenders, he told members of the International Catholic Child Bureau during a meeting today at the Vatican.
The remarks appeared to be the Pope’s first apology for the sex abuse scandal, following earlier statements affirming the Vatican’s work investigating and punishing perpetrators, and encouraging bishops to support abuse victims. The Pope also has said the Church deserves to be forced to make monetary settlements to victims.
Source: The Catholic Herald
My comment:
The parishioners in the Catholic Church call their priests “holy fathers”. They are supposed to be Jesus replacement on Earth, and: Holy.
Since thousands of priests molest and rape children, there must be a gross error somewhere.
The problem is not related to the human nature. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and the wages of sin is death. The problem is related to a systematic theology that mocks God, in His name. Regardless of the Bible telling the Church, not to ban leaders from marrying and having natural sex, the Pope has made his priesthood a ticking bomb of sexual offenders.
Come out of her, says the book of Revelation. Do not participate in her sins. Leave these blind guides alone, and you pick up your cross, and follow Jesus the Messiah.
Written by Ivar
Amnesty International is accusing the Catholic Church of an “enduring failure to address these crimes properly.”
Amnesty International has cited the Vatican in a new report on human
rights violations, alleging that it “did not sufficiently comply” with
laws “relating to the protection of children.”
Amnesty’s 2011 Annual Report charges the Holy See with human rights violations for “child sexual abuse committed by members of the clergy over the past decades,” and what it describes as “the enduring failure of the Catholic Church to address these crimes properly.”
Catholic League President Bill Donohue said it was “preposterous” for Amnesty to “hold the Vatican responsible for the behavior of priests all over the world,” a responsibility that belongs to local bishops according to Catholic teaching.
He also observed that the “vast majority” of abuse cases “occurred between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s, having nothing to do with any alleged culpability on the part of the Holy See in 2010.”
“The Annual Report on the other 156 nations details human rights violations that occurred in 2010,” Donohue observed, noting that the report “lists not a single instance of a human rights violation that took place anywhere in the world in 2010 under the auspices of the Holy See.”
Yet Amnesty “still managed to condemn its human rights record,” the Catholic League president reflected. “So what’s going on?”
Amnesty’s motivation may derive partly from its own loss of Catholic support in recent years. The organization, founded by a Catholic convert, was once favored in many quarters of the Church for its opposition to torture and the death penalty.
But the group has lost significant support from Catholics, and drawn criticisms from bishops, for its 2007 decision to support universal access to abortion as a “human right.” The group has also begun advocating strongly for same-sex “marriage.”
In 2007, the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and
Peace, Cardinal Renato Martino, said Amnesty had “betrayed its mission”
of promoting human rights by endorsing abortion.
Source: CNA
My comment:
If a Catholic priest rape a boy today, will this man be arrested and jailed?
The answer is “probably not”.
Why?
Because the boy will be to ashamed to tell anyone. The problem with sexual criminality inside the Catholic Church, is not that such crimes take place. The problem is that such crimes are denied and hidden. There seems to be no end to such Criminal behavior. Many of the abused Children has testified that it took them more than 20 years before they felt strong enough to tell others about the abuse.
A Governmental commission in Ireland claimed that Catholic priests abused almost 150.000 children. Many Catholic parents must have known what their local “Holy father” was doing, but kept quiet. To tell would being shame on both the Church and the family. Read more about this crime against humanity.
Do Amnesty International report on such sexual crimes because the NGO has lost monetary support from the Vatican?
Is Amnesty International revenge full, or are they so strapped for cash, that they need to “black mail” Roman Catholic Bishops to raise fresh funds?
What a ridiculous claim by the Vatican.
It would be better for the Pope to admit, that there are many perverts among the Roman Catholic Priest. And that some of these perverts have even become Bishops and Cardinals.
Why are there so many perverts in this priesthood?
On of the reasons is that Roman Priests are banned from marrying, and fit perfect into the Bible verse that warns us not to trust a Church that promotes false teachers.
Written by Ivar
Two Irish Bishop that offered their resignation have been pardoned by the Pope.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin provided an explanation in letter to priests and other local Church officials, saying:
“Following the presentation of their resignations to Pope Benedict, it has been decided that Bishop Eamonn Walsh and Bishop Raymond Field will remain as auxiliary bishops.”
Bishop Walsh and Bishop Field submitted their resignations in Dec. of 2009 after the report of the Commission of Investigation into allegations of child abuse in the Archdiocese of Dublin criticized them for how they addressed the issue.
Over a dozen current and former bishops in Ireland have reportedly
been complicit in failing to inform police about more than 170 suspected
pedophiles in the priesthood from the mid-1970s to mid-1990s.
Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi did not comment on why the two auxiliary bishops would stay in their positions nor did he confirm the rejection of the resignations. Rather, he told the AP that the Vatican only makes public announcements when resignations are accepted, not when they are rejected.
Source: CNA.
My comment:
A Bishop who has fallen into sin, can only be pardoned by the Pope. Since the Irish Government has accused the Catholic Church of sexual abuse of 150.000 children since the 1930-ties, the present Pope has surely pardoned more sins than any man can handle.
The Pope could have accepted the resignation of the Bishops, but chose not.
There might be many reasons behind the Popes cover up. The two Bishops probably knows about more skeletons in the closet inside the Vatican it self.
And under any circumstance: Vatican Spokesman Federico Lombardi contradict him self. If the Pope had accepted the resignation of the two Bishops, there was no need of further explanations.
But since the Pope pardons them, there is surely a need for the Popes comments in what looks like a denial of justice for sexually abused Irish children.
Read more about claims of 150.000 sexual abused children in Ireland.
First published: Aug 13th, 2010.
Written by Ivar
The Pope and the cardinals have hidden criminal priests for decades.
“I feel called to take responsibility for all the evil some priests – large in number, but not in proportion to the total – have committed and to ask forgiveness for the damage they’ve done with the sexual abuse of children,” Pope Francis has said.
“The Church is aware of this damage” and is committed to strengthening child protection programs and punishing offenders, he told members of the International Catholic Child Bureau during a meeting today at the Vatican.
The remarks appeared to be the Pope’s first apology for the sex abuse scandal, following earlier statements affirming the Vatican’s work investigating and punishing perpetrators, and encouraging bishops to support abuse victims. The Pope also has said the Church deserves to be forced to make monetary settlements to victims.
Source: The Catholic Herald
My comment:
The parishioners in the Catholic Church call their priests “holy fathers”. They are supposed to be Jesus replacement on Earth, and: Holy.
Since thousands of priests molest and rape children, there must be a gross error somewhere.
The problem is not related to the human nature. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and the wages of sin is death. The problem is related to a systematic theology that mocks God, in His name. Regardless of the Bible telling the Church, not to ban leaders from marrying and having natural sex, the Pope has made his priesthood a ticking bomb of sexual offenders.
1 Timothy 4:1-3A priesthood of men living together, will also function like a fly paper on gay’s. They burn with passion for their fellow priest, and live out their sodomy in separated quarters.
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
Revelation 18:4The Pope can not pay for the sins of the Roman Catholic religious movement. There is a judgment day in the pipeline, where all this wickedness will be paid for. The sins of the Vatican have been piled up for about 1.500 years. On the day of judgment this center of evil will be burned in the eternal fire.
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: ‘“Come out of her, my people,” so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
Revelation 18:14:17
‘They will say, “The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendour have vanished, never to be recovered.” The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe! Woe to you, great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls! In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!”
Come out of her, says the book of Revelation. Do not participate in her sins. Leave these blind guides alone, and you pick up your cross, and follow Jesus the Messiah.
Written by Ivar
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Amnesty: The Pope still protect sexual criminality
The Pope claims to be the vicar of Christ, but looks rather than the head of a priesthood who breed criminals.
Amnesty’s 2011 Annual Report charges the Holy See with human rights violations for “child sexual abuse committed by members of the clergy over the past decades,” and what it describes as “the enduring failure of the Catholic Church to address these crimes properly.”
Catholic League President Bill Donohue said it was “preposterous” for Amnesty to “hold the Vatican responsible for the behavior of priests all over the world,” a responsibility that belongs to local bishops according to Catholic teaching.
He also observed that the “vast majority” of abuse cases “occurred between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s, having nothing to do with any alleged culpability on the part of the Holy See in 2010.”
“The Annual Report on the other 156 nations details human rights violations that occurred in 2010,” Donohue observed, noting that the report “lists not a single instance of a human rights violation that took place anywhere in the world in 2010 under the auspices of the Holy See.”
Yet Amnesty “still managed to condemn its human rights record,” the Catholic League president reflected. “So what’s going on?”
Amnesty’s motivation may derive partly from its own loss of Catholic support in recent years. The organization, founded by a Catholic convert, was once favored in many quarters of the Church for its opposition to torture and the death penalty.
But the group has lost significant support from Catholics, and drawn criticisms from bishops, for its 2007 decision to support universal access to abortion as a “human right.” The group has also begun advocating strongly for same-sex “marriage.”
The "Holy" priest in the Papal systems seems to do the devils work, rather than walk in the likeness of Jesus.
Source: CNA
My comment:
If a Catholic priest rape a boy today, will this man be arrested and jailed?
The answer is “probably not”.
Why?
Because the boy will be to ashamed to tell anyone. The problem with sexual criminality inside the Catholic Church, is not that such crimes take place. The problem is that such crimes are denied and hidden. There seems to be no end to such Criminal behavior. Many of the abused Children has testified that it took them more than 20 years before they felt strong enough to tell others about the abuse.
A Governmental commission in Ireland claimed that Catholic priests abused almost 150.000 children. Many Catholic parents must have known what their local “Holy father” was doing, but kept quiet. To tell would being shame on both the Church and the family. Read more about this crime against humanity.
Do Amnesty International report on such sexual crimes because the NGO has lost monetary support from the Vatican?
Is Amnesty International revenge full, or are they so strapped for cash, that they need to “black mail” Roman Catholic Bishops to raise fresh funds?
What a ridiculous claim by the Vatican.
It would be better for the Pope to admit, that there are many perverts among the Roman Catholic Priest. And that some of these perverts have even become Bishops and Cardinals.
Why are there so many perverts in this priesthood?
On of the reasons is that Roman Priests are banned from marrying, and fit perfect into the Bible verse that warns us not to trust a Church that promotes false teachers.
1 Timothy 4:2-4Men who burn with passion for men, can hide in the Roman Catholic Church. Its a perfect hideout for homosexuals and pedophile perverts.
Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
Written by Ivar
Pope cover up crimes of two Irish Bishops
The Pope has power to ordain, remove, pardon and restore Roman Catholic Bishops.
“Following the presentation of their resignations to Pope Benedict, it has been decided that Bishop Eamonn Walsh and Bishop Raymond Field will remain as auxiliary bishops.”
Bishop Walsh and Bishop Field submitted their resignations in Dec. of 2009 after the report of the Commission of Investigation into allegations of child abuse in the Archdiocese of Dublin criticized them for how they addressed the issue.
Bishop Eamonn Walsh and Bishop Raymond Field
Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi did not comment on why the two auxiliary bishops would stay in their positions nor did he confirm the rejection of the resignations. Rather, he told the AP that the Vatican only makes public announcements when resignations are accepted, not when they are rejected.
Source: CNA.
My comment:
A Bishop who has fallen into sin, can only be pardoned by the Pope. Since the Irish Government has accused the Catholic Church of sexual abuse of 150.000 children since the 1930-ties, the present Pope has surely pardoned more sins than any man can handle.
The Pope could have accepted the resignation of the Bishops, but chose not.
There might be many reasons behind the Popes cover up. The two Bishops probably knows about more skeletons in the closet inside the Vatican it self.
And under any circumstance: Vatican Spokesman Federico Lombardi contradict him self. If the Pope had accepted the resignation of the two Bishops, there was no need of further explanations.
But since the Pope pardons them, there is surely a need for the Popes comments in what looks like a denial of justice for sexually abused Irish children.
Read more about claims of 150.000 sexual abused children in Ireland.
First published: Aug 13th, 2010.
Written by Ivar
