The Pope's "Keyes"
The American Catholic Church is bringing in reinforcements from the "laity" in helping to explain away the acts of homosexual priests. One such man is columnist and TV commentator Alan Keyes, in his March 25 article, "How Should the Church Respond," at the 'worldnetdaily.com' website. A few thoughts on his article:
1. Keyes serves his Roman masters well by continuing the Catholic theme of avoiding mention of any accountability of and punishment due these homosexual priests. Naturally, Rome wants to move directly to the "healing" phase, not because they care for the victims, but in order to bypass a justice phase, where all guilty priests should be prosecuted for their crimes.
2. According to Mr. Keyes, the problem is that the American Church has not been listening to the pope. Keyes writes, "This guidance of John Paul II has not been received and applied in the formation of AMERICAN (empahasis mine) clergy and young people in any systematic way by those in authority."
3. Nine times in his 1-1/2 page article Keyes uses the word "AMERICA(N)." Interesting........My Catholic experience with European priests and, for lack of a better term, "hard-core" Catholics, has been that they deep down despise the "American" Church for not being more like the European Church. For Keyes, the problem is the "American hierarchy," "Church in America," "bishops of America," and "American clergy."
4. Therefore Keyes is trying to steer this issue away from being a "Church" problem, and instead making it an "American" problem, since in the Catholic mind, the Roman Church is incapable of error. The 1994 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' paragraph 889 says, "Christ who is the Truth willed to confer on her (the Roman Church) a share of his own infallibility." This sounds mighty powerful!! But I guess the Catholic "jesus" (a god who at the command of a homosexual priest, turns himself into a wafer) did not give Rome enough infallibility when it comes to the sexual appetites of her priests.
American "culture" (and yes, much of it is rotten) is always a favorite excuse the Catholic Church likes to use for its shortcomings. Keyes claims to be a pro-constitution conservative, but he is really nothing but a papal lackey as he seeks to turn attention away from the homosexual criminals in the Roman priesthood. With the Roman Church feverishly looking for ways to divert attention away from its priests, I'm sure a "blame America" campaign would be welcomed in the Vatican.
May our Lord grant many conversions out of the Roman Church, and into faith in Christ ALONE. 1 John 3:8b says, "FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SON OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED, THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL." May the real Lord Jesus Christ live up to His promise and deal in an appropriate manner with a Roman Church that coddles and protects perverted men.
1. Keyes serves his Roman masters well by continuing the Catholic theme of avoiding mention of any accountability of and punishment due these homosexual priests. Naturally, Rome wants to move directly to the "healing" phase, not because they care for the victims, but in order to bypass a justice phase, where all guilty priests should be prosecuted for their crimes.
2. According to Mr. Keyes, the problem is that the American Church has not been listening to the pope. Keyes writes, "This guidance of John Paul II has not been received and applied in the formation of AMERICAN (empahasis mine) clergy and young people in any systematic way by those in authority."
3. Nine times in his 1-1/2 page article Keyes uses the word "AMERICA(N)." Interesting........My Catholic experience with European priests and, for lack of a better term, "hard-core" Catholics, has been that they deep down despise the "American" Church for not being more like the European Church. For Keyes, the problem is the "American hierarchy," "Church in America," "bishops of America," and "American clergy."
4. Therefore Keyes is trying to steer this issue away from being a "Church" problem, and instead making it an "American" problem, since in the Catholic mind, the Roman Church is incapable of error. The 1994 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' paragraph 889 says, "Christ who is the Truth willed to confer on her (the Roman Church) a share of his own infallibility." This sounds mighty powerful!! But I guess the Catholic "jesus" (a god who at the command of a homosexual priest, turns himself into a wafer) did not give Rome enough infallibility when it comes to the sexual appetites of her priests.
American "culture" (and yes, much of it is rotten) is always a favorite excuse the Catholic Church likes to use for its shortcomings. Keyes claims to be a pro-constitution conservative, but he is really nothing but a papal lackey as he seeks to turn attention away from the homosexual criminals in the Roman priesthood. With the Roman Church feverishly looking for ways to divert attention away from its priests, I'm sure a "blame America" campaign would be welcomed in the Vatican.
May our Lord grant many conversions out of the Roman Church, and into faith in Christ ALONE. 1 John 3:8b says, "FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SON OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED, THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL." May the real Lord Jesus Christ live up to His promise and deal in an appropriate manner with a Roman Church that coddles and protects perverted men.
posted by Robt. B. at 7:39 AM
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