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In reply to the discussion: Pope Allegedly Sought IMMUNITY For ABUSE CRIMES Just Before Resigning [View all]loudsue
(14,087 posts)on earth, nothing he does is to be seen as wrong. Ratzinger, of course, is nothing BUT wrong, in what he's done, and there's no question of his deep involvement in a cover-up at the very least. I believe he's probably also molested boys, and that is probably one of the things that is about to come out. So it destroys the church's "power" in the pope. It helps the catholic church raise a lot of its obscene wealth to have the second best thing to God right here on earth.
Of course, the whole power thing in church is wrong and has always been wrong with churches, and hopefully this mess will start to create a world where spiritual growth, morals and righteousness can be taught in a realistic way, as opposed to a superstitious and authority-based, money hungry, power base.