tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post1395176028989759558..comments2024-03-27T15:00:33.760+00:00Comments on Catholic Commentary: Can't read; Won't readJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339499088443959192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post-24960321103945292212010-04-09T23:28:17.871+01:002010-04-09T23:28:17.871+01:00I meant hypocrisy in the sense that they were prea...I meant hypocrisy in the sense that they were preaching against sins of the flesh, taking confession of sins of the flesh and giving penance and absolution whilst preaching against it.<br /><br />Of course, I understand that one can believe something is a sin yet fall into temptation. You can start to make things better by admitting it!! I think this is more serious than that, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808508494613360369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post-20096083851227362912010-04-07T17:46:31.244+01:002010-04-07T17:46:31.244+01:00Zero says
Some have failed to recognize "its ...Zero says<br />Some have failed to recognize "its wrongness". Fr Hill who was sent to Gatwick airport being one. At the unit in Stroud (I believe it is there) staff who were counselling or "treating" him were shocked that he said the young men involved had enjoyed whatever it was he had done to them .<br />Also, could it be that the people invoved only recognize their wrongness once they are found out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post-64465950815080732502010-04-07T12:18:58.447+01:002010-04-07T12:18:58.447+01:00Francis:
I don't really know enough about the...Francis:<br /><br />I don't really know enough about the situations in boarding schools, prisons and army barracks to know about the scale of problems there. The general point that problems occurred in areas other than the Catholic Church, and that these are not being the subject of the severe criticism currently directed at the Church, is valid.<br /><br />Your use of the word "hypocrisy" prompts the following thought. It is one thing for a religious believer, be they priest or lay person, to do something that their faith teaches is morally wrong - and then recognise that they have done something wrong, that they have failed to live up to the beliefs they profess. This is part and parcel of the human, sinful nature of people in the Church. I would limit the use of the word "hypocrisy" to a different situation, though - the one where the priest or lay person does something that is wrong according to the teaching of their religion, and quite deliberately then fails to recognise its wrongness. This latter really is saying one thing and doing the other.<br /><br />Of course, Pope Benedict has written in Deus Caritas Est of the "purification" of eros so that it becomes agape, self-giving love. This integral human development in the area of love provides the basis for celibate living.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339499088443959192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8994073177496022401.post-67299188450401382822010-04-06T20:57:30.732+01:002010-04-06T20:57:30.732+01:00Nice post, Joe. I agree that a lot of people are j...Nice post, Joe. I agree that a lot of people are just grasping the opportunity to grind some axes.<br /><br />In all fairness to the Rabbi, though, when he make a distinction between the ancient and modern Catholic Church, I suppose he means you've moved on from burning heretics.<br /><br />I can remember a time when there were jokes and nudges and winks about 'vicars and choir boys'. This suggest to me that at some level there was an awareness in society of what went on (and not just in the Catholic church) but the prevailing attitude was that it wasn't that serious/harmful.<br /><br />Now everybody is condemming the Church. Well, rightly so in so far as it was hypocrisy on the part of priests. But didn't much the same go on in boys' boarding schools? And in prisons? And army barracks? <br /> <br />What these institutions have in common is large numbers of males enclosed together for long periods of time with little outlet for their sexual urges.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808508494613360369noreply@blogger.com