Death of a Pope: The PC aftermath

Gotholic said:
What Cardinal Bernard Law did was a terrible thing. But you don't know his situation now. He might (he probably had to of in order to retain a spot in the clergy) have repented for his ways, which may be the only reason he got a nice job at the Vatican. Christ always did teach forgiveness. It is possible that the pope forgave him of what he has done and gave him a second chance.

Cardinal Bernard Law did a lot for the Church despite his sinful shrouding of the truth behind the abuse scandals...
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See, that's one of the problems I have with Catholicism. You can pretty much do what you want so long as you say your sorry. I don't mean to denigrate your beliefs but it just doesn't work for me. :shrug:
 
chcr said:
See, that's one of the problems I have with Catholicism. You can pretty much do what you want so long as you say your sorry. I don't mean to denigrate your beliefs but it just doesn't work for me. :shrug:
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At the risk of opening an entirely new can of worms, I must say this. I started not to. I respect everyone's right to their beliefs whether I share them or not. I state mine openly as do many others. Fine and wonderful. But this I gotta add...


Saying "I'm sorry" is not enough, at least in my faith. A person has to truly mean it, and change their life to reflect the repentance of sin. I feel that unless that is done in the proper spirit, the sin remains unforgiven. Unforgiven sins, as applies to Christians, will not exclude one from heaven; they diminish the heavenly reward. Therefore, many people mistakenly believe that a Christian believes they can say "I'm sorry" and get away with anything. Not so.

OK, that's it...I'm done unless asked something specifically.
 
Well, they're supposed to truly mean it in catholicism too, SnP (and I suppose some of them really do). As I say, it's one of the many things I simply can't swallow about the whole business. :shrug:
 
1. Politically, North America is not very important to the Catholic Church. American arogance may lead some to believe other wise, but they are wrong. The power is in Europe, though it is shifting to Latin America and Africa.

2. The child abuse problem is predominatly an American issue (not completely, I know).

3. Cardinal Law is now in a possition where he does not have the means to transfer wayward priests.

4. On the sacrament of confession...you really do have to be sorry for the sin to be forgiven by God. You can confess to a priest all you want, but if the confession is hollow, it does you no good. From my perspective, the point expressing your sins out loud to a priest is suposed to make you feel like a douche bag for sinning against God, hopefully discouraging you from repeating those sins.
 
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