Dear GoanettersMaking saints can be termed as saint bazaar or saint sale at a discount rate.
> Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 13:50:50 -0400 > From: cola...@gmail.com > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Subject: Re: [Goanet] John Paul II - Blessed or Cursed? > > [1] R Fernandes:Can we PLEASE NOT discuss (negatively) or argue or > ridicule our RELIGION on a public forum? ...have respect for the POPE > and more so for our Religion. Let's not wash the dirty linen in > public. > > Could the moderators of Goanet please draw a line to control certain posts? > > > [2] Roland Francis wrote: Fr Ivo .... This very man who is now > "beatified" and whom you so effusively praise, played the main role in > the cover-up of the church's massive child abuse scandals. The word > 'abuse' is mild and misleading. It should really be called child rape > and destruction of lives but that is a digression. > > ALLEGATIONS that the late pontiff blocked an inquiry into a paedophile > cardinal, promoted senior church figures despite accusations that they > had molested boys and covered up innumerable cases of abuse during his > 26-year papacy have cast ...The most serious claims are related to > Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer, an Austrian friend of John Paul’s who > ABUSED an estimated 2,000 boys over decades but never faced any > sanction from Rome. > > Stanislaw Obirek, a Polish theologian and a FORMER Jesuit priest, > said: “I believe John Paul is the key person responsible for the > cover-up of abuse cases because most of it occurred during his papacy. > How can someone who is to blame for this be beatified?” > > COMMENT: > > Dears, > > a: I disagree with R. Fernandes. Child Abuse is a serious crime. It > should be exposed right out in the middle....so that the known few are > never again allowed again to cause the good priests to suffer the > mistrust and suspicion. > > b: While I know that 'abusers' have infected many segments of life, > and that one finds them among the 'guardians' of many faiths, I am > happy that all the Catholic Church leaders (I personally know) have > taken a firm 'zero tolerance' on such matters. I seriously doubt that > this would have been possible if not for the exposure. > > c: Having said that, we all (possibly) know that the Catholic Church > is a specific target for selective attack. It is perceived as being > rich and has disturbed the status quo by helping the poor and > educating them (esp in countries like India with its caste > discrimination). > > d: I'd think a million times before accepting the word of a man/woman > who has been dumped by a woman/man, a priest who has left the Church, > or anyone who is upset that he/she cannot commit bigamy or cannot > remarry in the church after stranding his/her first spouse and > possibly ....the children. > > e: Until one knows ALL the possibly available facts and analyses them > fairly and reasonably, all one will end up doing is a hatchet job > replete with hate, obsession, ignorance and libel. > > f: On the basis of what I know of John Paul II's life, I applaud his > Beatification. Having noted that, I'd say that there are many others > in need of attention. > > g: Atheists, non-church-goers and those who are just plain negative > ...may not understand this. > > jc