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Originally Posted by Velvet
K, I’ll try to explain. To most Roman Catholics the Pope is the holy father. He is not perfect, only God is perfect. But he is elected to be on the highest level of the Catholic faith. I saw the Pope once, from far away, in his Pope mobile and to me, his holiness radiated around him. I could feel it half a mile away. At the time I was not a Roman Catholic myself.
Yes molesting, raping is evil, but it was not the Pope doing it. I understand that he has to take action. The Catholic Church is dealing with these issues, slowly, very slowly, too slowly. The Catholic people are more horrified than anyone else that this is done by a trusted and often loved individual, the priest. That a person you turn to for guidance and understanding of God’s will on earth could possibly betray you like that. It is worse than incest in the family. Yes, it must be dealt with.
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My parents met one of the previous Popes, had an audience with him at the Vatican. The person Catholics turn to for guidance and understanding of God's will - is the Pope. He is the "guy in charge" of all the other priests. The buck stops with him. He chose not to act immediately. The next Pope also chose not to act immediately. The Pope after that one chose not to act immediately. The current Pope has chosen not to act immediately. Who knows how far back this goes, but it's at -least- four Popes old.
That the followers of this religion continue to justify, make excuses, and say "yeah we hate this" but refuse to walk away when enough is enough, tells me everything I need to know about the Catholic religion.
You don't even have to move if you don't like it. You just have to - accept that the Catholic church is not what you thought you were signing up for, and it's time for something else.