Research Essay – Sexual Molestation in the Catholic Church The Catholic Clergy has maintained a system that selects‚ cultivates‚ protects‚ defends and produces sexual abusers. We are amazed to find how often a man‚ who would otherwise be behind bars if he were not a priest‚ is entrusted with the care of souls. You may not be keeping your celibacy‚ but as long as it’s kept a secret it’s ok. Clericalism‚ the act of keeping a priest on a pedestal‚ away from ordinary people‚ led parents to not believe
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“Dear Fathers‚ we should listen again to the lament of God proclaimed by the prophet Jeremiah: “they have turned their back to me” (2:27). Let us turn again towards the Lord!” (Sarah). When Robert Cardinal Sarah make this call during an address at Sacra Liturgia‚ a liturgy conference in London‚ it unleashed a storm of controversy that had been simmering beneath the surface for some number of years. Catholics the world over either rejoiced at his suggestion‚ or seethed that he would call for a return
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time.com/2013/12/04/world/slide/top-10-international-news-stories/ Italy In March of 2013‚ there was a new pope announce. His name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio which is now called Pope Francis. The pope before him‚ Pope Benedict XVI had to resigned because he was too old. Pope Benedict XVI is the first to give up his power in close to 600 years. Pope Francis is a publicly supporter of the poor. http://world.time.com/2013/12/04/world/slide/top-10-international-news-stories/ Egypt On July of 2013
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of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s acts is the declaration Year of Faith (2012-2013) which calls us to reexamine our Christian Faith amidst all current struggles and a chance to renew our commitment with God. Before he left the papacy‚ he left in his pontificate three theological virtues which are faith‚ hope and love that is linked to the Year of Faith. Faith enables us to recognize Christ. Without faith‚ we cannot love Him as we love others. As written in Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s Apostolic
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cross into a tree and spent time to say a prayer there‚ kneeling the snow. When poor health‚ which plagued her throughout her life‚ led to her death in 1680 at the age of 24. Her last words were‚ “Jesus‚ I love you”. On December 19‚ 2011‚ Pope Benedict XVI signed the decree necessary for canonization of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. She will be canonized on October 21‚ 2012. I learn in this essay that most people are luckier then they think and should not be selfish about it. The very worst times
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In this‚ the 21st century‚ control over the masses seems to becoming more apparent from a hierarchy containing a handful of self-selected highly ranked‚ influential individuals. Controlling the views and beliefs of whole nations of people‚ by controlling what information they receive and how this information is delivered. Some of these people are highly respected‚ trusted and in positions of authority. Their words have the power to not only give hope to‚ but also scare and shape the beliefs of
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Careful and you might bunt by the carabao. 7. You’re so a busybody! 8. You’re so buxom! 9. Do not bustle and you might fall. 10. Did you hear that cackle? 11. Calumny is bad. 12. What you have known is a canard. 13. It is soon to canonize Pope Benedict II. 14. You’re so
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“The Mysterious Benedict Society” by Trenton Lee Stewart is another book about those endearing orphans with great abilities that seem to have become a genre of it’s own. This time it is a book about 4 children who pass a “gifted test.” It is not just any gifted test though‚ it is a test to find the smartest and best children to help Mr Benedict on a secret mission. Mr. Benedict becomes a father figure to these children during this book. The four children are Kate Wetherall‚ Reynie Muldoon‚ George
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Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God’s special love for the poor and called God’s people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ‚ who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19)‚ and who identified himself with "the least of these‚" the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic
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a Catholic priest in 1969 and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina’s Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus. He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on 28 February 2013‚ a papal conclave elected Bergoglio as his successor on 13 March. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope‚ the first from the Americas‚ the first from the Southern
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