Cleveland Diocese - Fighting Back Against the Media

The Catholic Church today claims it is doing all it can to protect children from sexual abuse. Dioceses across the country have implemented (at least on the face of it) programs to protect children from sex abuse.

This all sounds nice. Question – Would Catholic dioceses be doing this WITHOUT the MEDIA having reported the many stories of sex abuse by Catholic priests?

Answer – NO!

Another question – Is the Catholic Church implementing these new sex abuse policies WILLINGLY or GRUDGINGLY?

Answer – GRUDGINGLY of course!!

It's obvious the Catholic Church hates the media for having the audacity to expose their priestly perverts and the resulting cover-ups. In response, the Cleveland, Ohio diocesan website now has a section impudently called "For the Record," where the diocese attacks any local media stories it doesn't like. Here are some "headlines" from "For the Record:"

"Clarification Needed Regarding Plain Dealer Story"

"Plain Dealer Story Trivializes Sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders"

"Misinformation Regarding Diocese Contained In WOIO TV 19 News Report"

"Plain Dealer Column Overtly Offensive to the Church and New Pope"

Etc. Do you get the idea?

The Cleveland diocese is NOT interested in truthful media – but in setting up an attack mechanism to cast doubt on media stories.

Thank God for a free press! Because of these media reports, many children the past three years have been spared sexual attack by their priests. I can only guess that Catholics would have preferred these children been molested!

May our Lord continue to protect children from the Catholic priesthood, grant these children repentance from Rome, and bless them with faith ALONE in Jesus Christ for the full and free forgiveness of sins – NO Catholic priest needed!

Who is Right: A Roman Cardinal - or - Jesus Christ?

Roman Cardinal William Keeler denied the need for Jews to believe in Jesus in an interview in the Nov 4 issue of the National Catholic Reporter, in an article titled, "The Word from Rome."

Keeler was asked, "What do you say when someone asks you if the church still believes that Jews would be better off as Christians?" He replied:

"The Jews are in a covenant with God, one which is still valid, and one which Cardinal Walter Kasper has called "salvific." We don't know exactly what that means...We speak to them now as beloved elder brothers and sisters in the faith."

This is wrong! Jewish people today are NOT in a "valid salvific (saving) covenant" with God.

Hebrews 7:11 says:

"If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?"

Hebrews10:1 says:

"For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of those things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect."

The bible is very clear – for the past 2000 years, the ONLY priest one can go to for the forgiveness of sins is - Jesus Christ!

Also – Cardinal Keeler LIED when he said that Jews are our "brothers and sisters in the faith." They are not. Galatians 3:26 says, "For ye are all the children of God by FAITH in CHRIST JESUS (emphasis mine)." If someone is not trusting in Christ, he is not my brother or sister.

Jesus said to the Jews in John 8:24:

"I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins."

Who is right – the Roman Cardinal? Or, Jesus Christ? Answer carefully, your salvation depends on it!

How to Win Friends and Influence Catholics

The preaching in the Cleveland, Ohio Roman Catholic Diocese must be getting pretty bad – even by Catholic standards! Therefore the diocese is encouraging "All active priests, deacons, and certified pastoral ministers" to attend Dale Carnegie public speaking workshops this November and next February. This was reported in the November, 2005 Diocesan Memorandum.

Because Roman priests have never received Christ by faith ALONE, they are unable to preach in the power of the Holy Spirit. Besides, God does not bless sermons......excuse me, homilies based on papal encyclicals, or those endless exhortations urging the 'faithful' to be more like "Our Lady."

One Carnegie brochure boasted:

"You'll be on your feet and presenting before you know it. In no time you'll be using sophisticated techniques like voice modulation, attention focusing, and idea pyramids to greatly impact and persuade your audience."

Comment – These are fleshly techniques that will only get fleshly results.

Another brochure said these workshops will teach:

"How to handle a formal speech, impromptu remarks, or a contentious press conference."

Comment – "A contentious press conference." I'll bet there are a few Catholic bishops who wish this workshop had been out BEFORE all the sex abuse lawsuits hit!

A joke here......a gesture there......But even after these workshops, these priestly homilies will still remain as dead as ever! May the Spirit of God show Catholics that the preaching they hear is worthless for a reason – because Christ is NOT in churches where wafers are worshipped.