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A senior Vatican priest last week compared outrage at Pope Benedict's handling of sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to the persecution of the Jews. Church leaders disavowed the comments, but went on to complain about a "vile," anti-Vatican media campaign aimed at weakening the papacy and its authority
Is the news media being fair to the pope? Is the media biased against the Catholic Church or its hierarchy? How would you advise the pope?
Bias against child abuse and systematic cover-ups
The bias in the media is not against the Catholic Church. That is little more than face-saving defensiveness. The bias is against the abuse of children and young people by priests. The bias is against a systematic cover-up on every level of the Catholic hierarchy.
Press not being unfair to pope
The press is not being unfair to the pope, nor to the Catholic Church. The pope and all the clergy who have done in secret that which is now being brought to light are being unfair to the Catholic Church they say they love and the people they have maligned.
Pope's opportunity to talk
To own his rightful place as the moral leader of the Catholic Church, the Pope needs to stop running away from this conversation and join the dialogue that will allow the Holy Spirit to heal the crisis in his church.
A criminal matter, not a spiritual one
Only properly conducted criminal trials, in proper courts of law, will bring an end to this scandal and - far more importantly - bring some peace and justice to the Church's many victims.
The pope is NOT the victim
I attended Catholic elementary school, and one of the lessons our nuns emphasized over and over again was "Honesty is the best policy." I would advise the pope to try it himself.
Church must respond to acts, not just outcry
A group that feels threatened by a public outcry will frequently put up a solid front to that public, and then work on their problems behind closed doors. We can hope.
Equal treatment is not unfair
Giving preferential treatment to churches is not fair. Holding church officials to the same ethical and legal standards as the rest of society is fair. "Thank God," so to speak, that the media is finally doing its job and accepting some responsibility for guarding the hen houses.
Silence in the face of evil is evil
The focus should not be on the media. The media took no vow. If they are biased, they are biased. The church should be honestly and completely investigating itself and proclaiming its shame and regret from the rooftops.
Don't blame the media, blame the abusers
The more the Vatican fails to place the well-being of children at the center of its concern, and the more it tries to deflect criticism of its mishandling of child sexual abuse cases, the more the moral authority of the church erodes.
An institution accustomed to kid gloves
The Vatican has long been accustomed to deferential, even fawning treatment by most mainstream media outlets, especially on the searing-hot topic of clergy sex abuse. Fairness is unfamiliar -- and stinging.
Vatican living in denial
The Pope should provide the moral and ethical leadership that the world requires now.
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Billy1932: We live in a new world, a world of many faceted immediate forms of communication. What used to take long enough to be made known that no one...
edbyronadams:
While we are bashing the RCC, with some cause, it might be good to reflect on the schools, hospitals and charities founded by the same in ...
forestbloggod: Clearly, the "Press" at large is soft-pedaling the "scandal/crisis."
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