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Thread #128156   Message #2907493
Posted By: Ed T
15-May-10 - 10:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: Clerical child abuse Part 94....
Subject: RE: BS: Clerical child abuse Part 94....
A statement from the pope yesterday:

"... attacks against the pope or the church do not only come from outside; rather the sufferings of the church come from within, from the sins that exist in the church. This too has always been known, but today we see it in a really terrifying way: the greatest persecution of the church does not come from enemies on the outside, but is born from the sin within the church, the church therefore has a deep need to relearn penance, to accept purification, to learn on one hand forgiveness but also the need for justice.

"Forgiveness is not a substitute for justice. In one word we have to relearn these essentials: conversion, prayer, penance, and the theological virtues."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/14/2899738.htm?site=thedrum