Comments on: Pope Meets With Clergy Sex Abuse Victims

On U.S. Visit, Benedict XVI Offers Encouragement To Small Group Of Victims, Vatican Says

[lovesamerica]

Good night, this has been very theraputic and tireing. May the sunshine on your neck of the woods.....

[lovesamerica]

Everyone has their own opinion on both subjects,usually not the same as the person standing next to them. While I have been talking the relion side now for awhile I do have to bring up a point. The victims in the church scandal did not ask to be molested, but every soldier that is fighting,right or wrong, for our country offered their services and know,or should have , the risks involved. thats all I got to say about that.

[lovesamerica]

religion and politics...... never the twain should meet

[lovesamerica]

Your comment makes you sound experienced?

[jerr11]

The Catholic Chruch is an organization made for pedophiles.

Where else do you get to dress up every sunday in drag and surround yourself with fresh faced altar boys and girls!

The whole thing is as much a sham as the polygamists in Texas.

[pensacola88]

The Pope''s public address of s e x abuse was bold and extraordinary. I can''t say that any of his Protestant counterparts, (since there are none) have exhibited the willingness to accept responsibility and initiate a process of healing and reconciliation.

At this point, it is clear that the same mentally ill listeners of the popular Protestant Evangelists are scrambling to find something else or someone esle to pick on.

The cry of many, who continually assail institutions that have admited their errors, are fast becoming the most dislikable people of this nation for their inability to forgive. Both religious and non-religious organizations have agreed that those unable to forgive are good candidates for mental disease.

Jurors have heard cases of victims of the s e x crimes and sympathized, but actually reduced the damage award citing that the victim elected not to participate in their healing, and prolonged their own personal suffering.

Pope Benedict shows that the Catholic church is reformable, but many critics have not demonstrated anything close to a desire to restore back to pre-offense conditions.

[lovesamerica]

I have absolutly no problem saying the pledge with God in it, I believe in Merry Christmas, I believe in nativity scenes and God on our money....and guess what? I am a ''non'' believer. why does everything have to become a battle . Pray if you want,maybe I will decide to join you, give of yourself to others and I will be right there besides you.We need to start believing in something other than ourselves, and if God is what helps,call him allah,budda what ever, it all comes down to the belief in a God.

[jerr11]

It''s hard to see what this dressed up cartoon has to do with the man called Jesus.

Jesus walked with sinners and fishermen. He derided the pharisees. He drove the thieves from the temple.

He was a man who lived his teachings.

Here''s a man who dressed in ridiculous garb, drives around in a bullet-proofed popemobile.

He presides over an organization of pedophiles.

And lives in the lap of luxury.

What does he have to do with Jesus?

[jankebenz]

There is a moral lapse in our country. teenagers thinking it''''s cool to be ''''gay'''',although not really knowing what gay means, drugs,violence in the schools and in the streets. loss of jobs and in alot of cases hope. people forgetting their families for instant gratification.greed and a total lack of concern for others. sexual promiscuity, It''''s just all really ugly out there. And no , it isn''''t president Bush''''s fault,or the Popes or even the Muslims,jews,hindus, buddists ect. What is causing this is a lack of,if not religion, common decency. We are in BIG trouble folks and everyone had better wise up before it is too late. WE are doing it all to ourselves.

Posted by lovesamerica at 10:25 PM : Apr 17, 2008

What you say is true, and in order to "wise up" we must put God back into the USA.

[lovesamerica]

oh, and when I talk about ''other'' newer ''religions,and no names, they have come about as people look to belong to one, but don''t want to follow the ''rules'' . custom made religion for sinners....