Crimes in Catholic Church, Not in our Names/ The Guardian Newspaper in Britain Reflects on Vatican in Free-Fall with Sex Abuse Cover-ups, Gay Prostitution, etc

"The Catholic church is on its knees, and not in the way it would
like. In fact, the last thing anyone would ask a bishop or cardinal
about right now is prayer, or Christian witness, or how to live an
upright, moral, God-trusting life. Why would you, when all they seem
to know about is covering up sex crimes, inappropriate behaviour among
prelates, political infighting at the Vatican, and the existence of a
clandestine gay cabal at the highest levels in Rome?


"All of which is, for ordinary church-going lay Catholics like me,
profoundly disturbing. How could an organisation that professes a
direct link to Christ – "You are Peter," Jesus told the first bishop
of Rome, "and on this rock I will build my church …" – have gone so
far off the rails that it now seems a power-crazed, untrustworthy and
corrupt institution, out to save its own skin at almost any cost?

"The people in the pews are reeling from shock: go to any mass at any
church in Britain this weekend, and there will only be one topic of
conversation in the porch afterwards. How did it come to this? What on
earth has been going on in our church?"

Read the full article at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/26/crimes-catholic-church-not-our-names

Bridget Mary's Response

It is time for a holy shakeup including women priests and married priests as 

one of the first steps forward to reform a corrupt institution and to renew our

beloved church as an empowered community of faith following Jesus in the Gospels.

Bridget Mary Meehan, arcwp, sofiabmm@aol.com 703-505-0004