reply to post by tezzajw
It probably doesn't mention God because your source is a secular paper. God guides the Pope to decide on candidates for sainthood.
reply to post by JaxonRoberts
The Pope isn't infallible in all things, just when speaking of matters of faith, and especially when sitting in the chair of St. Peter.
Also, just because some priests have been pedophiles doesn't mean that all of them are. If you really followed that mindset, you'd say all teachers
have sexual relations with their students, as well. And, yes, schools have covered those things up, too, and, before you make the joke, no, not just
Catholic schools.
reply to post by jmdewey60
Like I said to the previous person, you're going to hold the acts of a few over the heads of the many?
What you all fail to realize is that priests are people, too, and can be just as sinful as anyone can. Yes, they're held to higher standards, and
therefore should be punished more severely, but they're still human, and therefore, still sinners. There are only two people to ever walk this earth
who were not sinners: Jesus and Mary, and that's because Jesus is God, and Mary had to be perfect in order to contain God. God cannot come from
something that is blemished.
Also, before you start criticizing others, take a lesson from the Bible:
"Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye?
You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye."
Matthew 7:1-5
[edit on 20-6-2009 by MoonChild02]
