OK, Catholicism is a belief system. It should not hide behind the rail of "I'm a religion so you can't criticize me too strongly." If the Pope or other Catholic leaders want to be involved in politics, then don't use religion as a cover from criticism. Catholicism and any and all religions are belief systems. They are not like race or sex but something created by human beings that is believed. Religion is analogous to secular belief systems such as capitalism or socialism. Nobody would state it would be wrong to criticize tenets of socialism, because it would be anti-socialism. Knox's statements should be judged on the basis are they correct? Do they have merit? For the most part I believe they do.
JerryMof WI10:43PM February 09, 2010
Why is it that Catholics are now fair game for politically incorrect behavior? We are afraid to call anyone anything these days yet bashing Catholics is suddenly acceptable.
We can't say Merry Christmas anymore, it's Happy Holiday. They want to stop the pledge in schools, eliminate prayer, take the word God out of everything under the ruse of Church/State separation. Where the heck is all this leading.
Sounds like the decline of another empire. Have we forgotten how the Roman Empire fell?
Wake up America we are in a death spiral.
Paul O'Brienof FL12:31AM February 06, 2010
+1
soundtracksof AL7:25AM July 17, 2009
Very interesting site. Hope it will always be alive!
soma blue touch 2of WY5:08AM July 04, 2009
I grew up catholic, educated in the catholic school system, and I can honestly say that this Pope, and others have been wrong and left Black Stains on the history of their terms.
The Crusades ring a bell? The molestaion of children, the billions of dollars paid out in settlement monies instead of being used for Charitable Activities. A Church in Darien CT had a priest take over a million dollars, and no one steps back and puts the controls into place at the church to stop things from repeating
Millions of Cathoics use birth control, another big no no. The bishops have household staffs, but how many people in the parish have personal staff? How many families would have benefited from the charitable work of the Church if that money spent on covering up past mistakes and been saved and used for the good of the community.
MTBof CT1:20PM May 19, 2009
Compared to what religious leaders, including the current and former popes, have said about homosexuals, this is mild stuff. The Catholic church wades into the political fray all the time (in fairness, other churches do as well), but then its supporters claim bigotry whenever anyone pushes back. If you're not going to have opposing sides represented on the President's council, why bother having one at all? Catholics would be better off engaging and responding to these criticisms, instead of crying foul.
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