What Do You Think Are the Most Pressing Issues Facing Pope Francis and the Catholic Church?
ABC News U.S.
2013/03/14 22:00:00
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Mark Crawford was 11 when his parish priest began to sexually molest him. It continued for more than six years, and when he finally reported the man to his New Jersey bishop, his abuser was promoted to personal secretary for the diocese's archbishop.
"I was violently abused," said Crawford, now 51 and a supervisor for a major American airline. "He embraced himself into our family life and became more and more controlling and possessive about me. And when I began to withdraw at 12 or 13, he physically beat me and kept me very isolated from people. I became withdrawn and quite. It was a real struggle." Crawford said his brother was also a victim of sex abuse.
Survivors like Crawford say they hold only a faint hope that the new Argentine pope -- given his humble lifestyle and passion for the poor -- will bring a new accountability to pedophile priests. Much of the criticism of the church's handling of the sex scandals has been that offending priests were simply moved to other parishes or dioceses by bishops eager to protect the church.
"I was violently abused," said Crawford, now 51 and a supervisor for a major American airline. "He embraced himself into our family life and became more and more controlling and possessive about me. And when I began to withdraw at 12 or 13, he physically beat me and kept me very isolated from people. I became withdrawn and quite. It was a real struggle." Crawford said his brother was also a victim of sex abuse.
Survivors like Crawford say they hold only a faint hope that the new Argentine pope -- given his humble lifestyle and passion for the poor -- will bring a new accountability to pedophile priests. Much of the criticism of the church's handling of the sex scandals has been that offending priests were simply moved to other parishes or dioceses by bishops eager to protect the church.
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Bluegrass 2013/03/15 18:10:32Something else
+53Distribution of condoms to help stop the AIDS-HIV epidemic in Africa. This is not for birth control and it is not a homosexual issue. The opposition to free distribution of condoms has resulted in millions of people being infected with HIV unneccessarily and in poor countries of Africa that means they die of AIDS.
I hope God gives a Holy pontificate to Francisco.
God bless you Francisco . ♥
Greetings from Portugal
The issues listed in the poll above, while non-trivial, reflect the concerns (actually, the obsessions) of the political punditry of this country. Cardinal Bergoglio was elected Pope of the Catholic Church, not President of the United States.
He must wear many hats.
How are you doing?
The pope will tell you, your going to hell if you don't follow what he tells you to follow and as soon as you hear that, you would get scared, well HELLO that's control through the pope and church.
Who is the pope to tell YOU how many prayers you must say in order for God to forgive you? He is not a savior, he isn't a messenger and he is NOT God so he can not tell you how many prayers to say in order for God to forgive you because he does NOT kn...
The pope will tell you, your going to hell if you don't follow what he tells you to follow and as soon as you hear that, you would get scared, well HELLO that's control through the pope and church.
Who is the pope to tell YOU how many prayers you must say in order for God to forgive you? He is not a savior, he isn't a messenger and he is NOT God so he can not tell you how many prayers to say in order for God to forgive you because he does NOT know.
I have respect for ANYONE who follows and believes in the ONE TRUE GOD and THAT ONE TRUE GOD ALONE BUT I am NOT a fan or supporter or follower of Idolatry and that is exactly what the pope and church wants you to do, pray to Mary the mother of Jesus and Saints who were HUMAN BEINGS on earth. The ONLY one you should ever pray to is GOD because God created all things including Jesus, Mary, all other messengers and all other TRUE prophets, so why would you PRAY to something that God created? Wouldn't you want to pray to the one who is ALL POWERFUL, THE ALL POWERFUL AND ONLY CREATOR? Ok well that's God and God doesn't come to the earth in human form, WHY because he doesn't need to because he is God, so he sends his creations which are human to bring and teach his messages and laws for him.
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The Church proved over and over that their main focus, was not having Christian values or love of God and mankind. The Catholic Church has been a sham for years. They acted exactly the money-loving, hypocritcal, and criminal business that they are and have been for years.
The Catholic Church is sexually insane. Celibacy was instituted to keep WOMEN from gaining wealth or power, and has made the entire male clergy mentally ill.
I participated in a seminar at Santa Clara University a few years ago on human responsibility. It was lead by Hans Kung and Malcolm Fraser. The basic thesis was that we needed no new laws but a new kind of commitment to human responsibility. Without this change of heart it would not matter what new laws-the United Nations included-we enact if we remain trapped in old thinking.
So I abandoned the notion of human rights and civil rights in favor of the Saint Francis of Assisi Prayer. That is why I am enchanted over the thought that Pope Francis1 will provide an avenue to take the journey of the heart by following the language of the heart, not the head.