Not much seems to change, when it comes to the top hierarchy of
the Catholic Church. They seem to do as they please. The
two letters shown on Lateline seem to contradict each other
completely, despite being written on the same day. Something
is very very fishy here, IMHO.

Yet our adoring pollies still suck up to them. Ratzinger comes
to Australia and I've seen estimates regarding taxpayer cost
of 120-150 million $!

I guess that even some of our true believer pollies, are hoping
to buy their ticket to heaven, with taxpayers footing the bill.

But then the RCC used to flog indulgences to make a quid, yet
the true believers still believe.

After all this, we are then told by the Christians that us agnostics
have no morals. Hehe

Rob P

you now realize:

[Then I realised that true Christianity is all about compassion,]

and I applaud that.. 'hooray'.. lets hope and pray that others who are critical of God because of those using His name will realize that also.

Suggested reading for the day :) Luke 20 it is probably one of the most profound sections of scripture. In that you will definitely see the real Jesus.

cheers.

I would like to know if their are a higher percentage of paedophiles among the Catholic Priests than the rest of society. If so why? No doubt it would be politically correct to find this out. Less politically correct would be to find out what percentage of these abusers are homosexual. No one would dare go there!

Gibo puts his case but is it true?
Just seems to me pedophiles are attacked to Church's just as they can be to scouting movements and such.
Fire bugs join bush fire brigades, much the same.
Pell has no idea and maybe his church has either why has it never stopped?
Can anyone teaching their Gods word truly believe he exists after committing these crimes?
World youth day is a farce.

Gibo, I am in my forties and single and loving it. That does not in anyway what so ever make me a candidate for being a paedophile any more than a married man. Someone once told me that the percentage of paedophiles among Catholic Church clergy is the same as it is for the population as a whole.

I do agree however, that Priests should not be forbidden to marry, and the RC Church acknowledge that this is a man made law.

But what about those in the hierarchy of the Churches that protect their own. Jury, If guilty, then gaol? Look folks, this isn't a parking ticket but an alleged serious crime.