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Keith Wheelock's avatar

Pat The Pope clearly granted Biden the right to communion despite his view on abolition. One of America’s conservative bishops has ignored the Pope in his diatribe against Pelosi. Meanwhile, numerous American dioceses have declared bankruptcy because of the massive legal payments for the long-hidden charges of church folks doing unthinkable things to boys.

It seems to me that the only ‘soul’ in the Catholic Church that is sacrosanct is filet of sole. Now the Southern Baptist Church is unraveling over exposure of church scandals.

Holy, holy, and all that jazz.

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TCinLA's avatar

And this week the Pope promoted the Archbishop of San Diego to Cardinal, very pointedly passing over the Archbishop of San Francisco.

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Danielle (NM)'s avatar

New Mexico ended up with more than her share of pedophile priests because problem priests were sent to the Servants of the Paraclete retreat in the Jemez Mountains by dioceses from all over the country. Once pronounced “cured”, they were sent to parishes throughout New Mexico instead of back to their original states. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has declared bankruptcy and is forced to sell off church property.

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Pat Malarkey's avatar

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, had the same problem. We were in the Allentown Diocese when I was growing up and it's where the "bad" priests went for punishment.

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Pat Malarkey's avatar

Agreed. My point is that there's a mixed message going on and that men seem to get a pass when women don't.

And, if the Pope can be likened to the legislative branch, the Bishop of San Francisco can be likened to SCOTUS. Biden gets a pass on the Federal level; Pelosi gets sanctioned at the state level.

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