Since the American media can't seem to utter the word Christianity without also mentioning the priest sexual abuse scandal in North America it is reasonable that they would ask Pope Benedict about it on his flight to America...
I found the answer satisfactory. More importantly, I believe him.
"It is a great suffering for the Church in the United States and for the church in general and for me personally that this could happen," Benedict said. "It is difficult for me to understand how it was possible that priests betray in this way their mission ... to these children.""I am deeply ashamed and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the future," the pope said.
Benedict pledged that pedophiles would not be priests in the Catholic Church.
"We will absolutely exclude pedophiles from the sacred ministry," Benedict said. "It is more important to have good priests than many priests. We will do everything possible to heal this wound."
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It is very important for all the churches to be reconciled to God again. Isn't that why Jesus went to the cross. We should never forget that he paid the price for our sins. We must repent for these abuses in the churches but also we must be the light in the darkness of this sinful world. God will not be mocked, his word is the truth and the light. We must uphold the moral values that God teaches in the Bible.
April 15, 2008 3:05 PM | Comment Permalink