Cardinals Decry "Hate Campaign" Against Pope

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The Vatican is ratcheting up its counterattack against accusations that Pope Benedict XVI helped cover up the actions of pedophile priests to save the church's reputation.

Senior cardinals in Rome are decrying what they depict as an anti-Catholic "hate" campaign that they say is related to the fact that Benedict is leading church opposition to same-sex marriage.

Vatican Radio on Tuesday quoted Italian Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, a Holy See official, as saying the church must pardon its attackers for what he called "hatred against the Catholic church."

Spanish Cardinal Julian Herranz, who heads a Vatican disciplinary commission, says the pope is being attacked because of his stands against abortion and same-sex marriage.

Herranz is quoted as saying powerful lobbies want to impose a different agenda.

[laffewi]

Amighty God wants all True Christians to love what is good and righteous and positively hate what is bad and abhor what is wicked.(Ps 97:10)

Hating the evil of The Catholic Church and all the wickedness that they have done for centuries in the name of Christ who they have proved false to, is not wrong but absolutely righteous in God's eyes.

John 3:36 states "He that disobeys the Son will not see life,but the wrath of God remains upon him"

Titus 1:16 describes the Catholic church perfectly "They publicly declare they know God but they disown him by their works,because they are detestable,disobedient and not approved of by God for any sort of work."
No one should ever feel guilty for hating pure evil,since God wants us to be imitators of him in this regard,since he himself hates both evil and hypocrisy. Christ told the hypocritical religious leaders of his day "You are from your father the Devil and you wish to do the desires of your father....
Christ also hated evil and hypocisy all in the name of God!

[laffewi]

Servorum, I'm confused about the scriptures???What about 1 Timothy 3:2 which states "the Bishop should be irreprehensible, a husband of one wife......HOW CAN ANYONE READ THAT WRONG?????
Your problem along with The Catholic Church is that you underestimate People's thinking and reading abilities and still in the arrogance of the Catholic Church view everyone as being ignorant and illiterate as in the Dark ages. You think you can fool people into thinking black is white or evil is good by telling them that they are confused or seriously in error. You also along with the Church try to scare people by the threat of eternal damnation when in reality it's the other way around since we don't sodomize children like your Church and priesthood does. You and your evil Church are so twisted in your warped thinking you don't know the difference between fact or fiction. I guess if you tell enough lies, you don't know truth anymore and you believe the lies.That definitely describes the Catholic Church (2 Thessalonians 2: 10,11)

[honest_pols]

The CC and its officials have ZERO credibility.

This ancient-thinking entity should be disbanded and its assets distributed to the progeny of its millions of victims, who it tortured, boiled in oil, plundered resources from, murdered, and committed other abuses against.

The CC and its Vatican officials have created a hell on earth for not only its own Catholic member/victims, but for other innocent souls on all continents during its One-Thousand-Year-Plus reign of terror.

[laffewi]

Honest_pols, Quite interesting that you mention this entity being disbanded and it's assets distributed. According to the Bible book of Revelation in chapters 17&18 it compares all of false religion as being a harlot,it's vast wealth being stripped away by the governments. Because of false religion's sins having massed together clear up to the heavens, Almighty God calls her acts of injustice to mind puts it in the hearts of Governments(UN) to completely destroy her once and for all.Further to your thought vs23,24 of chapter 18 it mentions that by "her spiritistic practice all the nations were mislead and in her the blood of the prophets and of the holy ones and of all those who have been slaughtered on the earth."Under inspiration from God Apostle John wrote these words of prophecy in 96c.e long before the Catholic Church even existed. Paul also prophesied a great apostasy would come about after the Apostle's death and describes the Pope and the Catholic Church perfectly in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 calling them "the Man of Lawlessness."The Catholic Church actually came into existance in the time of Constantine in about the 3rd Century after Christ.Roman Emperor Constantine wanted to unite his empire which consisted of pagans and Christians in to one universal religion (Catholic means universal).That was definitely an apostasy from Christ since pagan customs(worshipping images which is forbidden by God) and teachings were adopted. That explains why what the Bible really teaches and what the Catholic church teaches are diametrically opposed to one another. It also explains why the Catholic church burned those innocent souls at the stake those possessing and reading and trying to follow the Bible in the Dark ages.Yes indeed an very evil Satanic Religion which falsely misrepresents and slanders both God and Christ turning people off even True Christianity.Which only serves Satan's purpose to turn people away from God.

[laffewi]

Cleric60,Doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to identify one who is a hypocrite. Hypocrites say one thing and do another. The Catholic Church and it's priests say one thing calling itself Holy and God's representative and they do another which is Unholy filthy acts and an abomination in God's view and they consent and cover it up and they keep on doing these wicked acts over and over again with no remorse or repentance in the name of Christ.Yet, they still have the shameless audacity and arrogance to continue to call themselves Holy and how dare we judge or hate them as evil doers???? God is not stupid or one to be mocked(Gal6:7) According to God's word the Bible He denounces and judges such ones as wicked workers of lawlessness who are frauds and imposters(matt. 7:15-23. True, it's almighty God that sets the standards of judgement from the scriptures and we follow those standards in making our judgements towards those that unrepentantly do evil as the Catholic church and it's pedophile sodomizing priesthood that keep doing and consent to, in covering up such wickedness.(read Romans 1:32)According to God's word there is no sacrifice for sins left for those that unrepentantly willfully and deliberately sin against God and his righteous standards.(read Hebrews 10:26-31) As John 3:36 states "he who disobeys the Son will not see life,but the wrath of God remains upon him." Are we wrongly being Judgemental in saying that those priests sodomizing innocent children and the Catholic Church consenting to it and covering it up is wicked and in disobedience to Christ and that the wrath of God remains on such ones as the Bible states???Any reasonable thinking person who hates what is bad and loves children and has any sense of decency and justice would say "of course not!!!"

[liberalme]

Not so much a "hate campaign" as justice for the victims of these pedophiles throughout the decades.
Justice being prosecuting everyone in the catholic church who had knowledge of the illicit behavior of these priests and didn't come forward.
Guess that would be everyone from the pope on down!!!

They're all swimming in the river of "denial", trying to twist this any way they can to take the focus off their own guilt.

Nothing will change until they're all held accountable--"I'm sorry" just doesn't cut it.

[laffewi]

Holy is,is what holy does! Apostle Peter at 2Peter 3:11 states we are only holy if we have holy ACTS of conductand DEEDS of Godly devotion.
The Catholic Church and it's consent of it's pedophile priesthood make an absolute mockery of the Apostle Peter's words inspired of God. They are unrepentant hypocrites!!!!

[cleric60]

laffewi...agreed about the clergy, who are unrepentant sinners within the Church of Roman. But, we are holy in spite of our sinful deeds, we are both saints/sinners. I for one can't look into an one's heart/mind; if they confess "Jesus as Lord" and ask for God's forgiveness of their sins and make amends of their sins...they belong to God's Holy Family, they are my sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus. Only Christ can call anyone a "hypocrite" because He alone can look into a person's heart and mind. I for one can't make a window into a person's soul or heart.
Can you????

[laffewi]

To call the Catholic Church Holy is the same as saying something is pure and clean that got pulled up from the sewer. That is not only an absolute lie,and ridiculous but blasphemy against Almighty God who truly is Holy and not in anyway associated with wickedness or uncleaness!!!(Rev 4:8)
Christ told the religious leaders of his day "Woe to you....hypocrites! because you resemble whitewashed graves which outwardly indeed appear beautiful but inside are full of dead men's bones and of every sort of uncleaness. In that way you also outwardly indeed appear righteous to men,but inside you are full of hypocrisy and LAWLESSNESS.(Matthew 23:27,28
2Thessalonians 2:3-12 describes the Catholic Church and even the Pope in vs 4 prophesying that this apostate lawless one operating under Satan will be revealed in our time whom the Lord Jesus will do away with by the spirit of his mouth and brought to nothing.
At Matthew 7:15-23 Christ denounces these false prophets that are wolves in sheeps covering professing to be his followers. Telling them to "Get away from me you WORKERS of LAWLESSNESS, I NEVER KNEW YOU!!!
To be set free from religious hypocrisy which Jesus denounces, one must look for the Truth (John 8:32)Gods word the Bible is Truth,as Christ stated at John 17:17.Man-made doctrines of the Catholic church are not from God's word and are false. Believing in such false man-made doctrines make one's worship to God in vain as Jesus stated at Matthew 15:3,9. As the Apostle Paul stated at 2Timothy 3:16,17 that "all scripture is inspired from God,beneficial for teaching and setting matters straight.....reproving...."
The Bible teaches that True Christians not only speak God's word from the Bible but truly strive to live by it in every aspect of their life otherwise they are hypocrites and disapproved by God and His son Christ Jesus.(2 Tim 3:5. James 1:22-25.John 15:8-10.John 13:34,35. Matthew 7:24-27)
Rather than following men and their man-made doctrines,look to God by looking into his word the Bible in order to worship him in the way that he approves.(read John 4:23,24)Just because counterfeit money exists doesn't mean real money doesn't exist. Likewise counterfeit Christianity doesn't disprove that Real Christianity exists. Use God's word the Bible as a guide to find the Truth and True Christianity.(John 17:3, 1Timothy 2:3,4)

[cleric60]

laffewi....Through the shed blood of Christ Jesus, we disciples of Christ have been washed and are clean--holy in the sight of God. Therefore, baptized and Spirit-filled members of the Church of Rome are made holy--not by their deeds but by their faith in Christ Crucified.
You may call them erring Christians, but their confession of faith is as valid as yours. It is Christ Jesus, Who is the only one who can look into the hearts of human beings and be their Judge.
The Christ Jesus of Sacred Scriptures is the Way, the Truth and the Life for us all.

[cleric60]

Another thought: Yes, it is a "Hate-Campaign" against unrepentant sins and evils committed by perverted priests and cover-up by the Vaticans. Yes, we hate SIN, but forgive the repentant sinner--one who makes acts of contrition/amends for their sinful actions against the
lambs of Christ's Flock. It's not about the RC Church's stance on abortion or same-sex marriage--it's about allowing perverted priests to continue their pervertions on Christ's sheep and lambs.

[tsigili]

The public is tired of the Church's wrongdoings, for which it does nothing, to correct its problems.

[rockcutr]

The boys in red are so confuesed. This is not hate.
This is the congregation speaking with clear hearts and minds in an effort to correct a huge coverup of sin by the leadership. God may have placed the position of Pope within the Chruch. The people will take out the garbage. Cleanse the sin from its own flock. Clearly showing the lack of enlightenment of the Human Papa. This isn't hate. It is tough love from the heart. The arrogant cardnals are as much to blame as the Pope...sadly the things they do end up being his responsability. The devil has infiltrated the vatican. Spring cleaning is in order. AMEN.

[cleric60]

rockcutr ...What can we expect, they live within the Vatican's walls. I'm praying that the world-community including all faithful priests and laity will demand a "Spring-cleaning" ASAP of these perverted priests and the Vatican's cover-up procedures.