Papal preacher wants "penitence day" for sex abuse

[bones_IV]

Can you believe this? I am so sick of liberal reporters. They’ve made a mockery of our faith.

news.yahoo.com/s/nm/pope_paedophilia_dc

 

[Della]

I suppose you are referring to the section entitled VICTIMS DEMAND ACTION. Well, it was fine to report what a representative of that point of view said. What was irresponsible was not reporting what the Church has implemented to deal with such abuse in the future. The article gave the impression, by this silence, that nothing has been done except breast-beating, which isn’t at all the case.

 

[contemplative]

“BLESSED ARE YOU WHO WEEP NOW!”
The beatitude of those who mourn

First Advent Sermon to the Papal Household

December 15, 2006

click here for homily

cantalamessa.org/en/2006Avvento1.htm

The Church has “wept and sighed” in recent times for the abominations committed in her womb by some of her own ministers and shepherds. She has paid a high price for this. She has sought to repair the damage. Strict rules have been laid down so that these abuses do not happen again. The moment has come, after the emergency, to do that which is the most important: to weep before God, to do penance, as God himself has been abused; to do penance for the offense against the body of Christ and the scandalizing of the “least of his brothers,” more than for the damage and dishonor that has been brought upon us.
This is the condition for bringing good from this evil and for bringing about a reconciliation of the people with God and with its priests.

 

[contemplative]

Is the following part of Fr. Cantalamessa’s homily the balance of the other part of his homily message?

There is something, however, that these brothers must absolutely avoid doing but which some, unfortunately, are attempting to do: profiting from the clamor to take advantage even of their own guilt, giving interviews, writing memoirs, in an attempt to put the guilt on their superiors and the ecclesial community. This would reveal a truly dangerous hardness of heart.