Pope Francis likens child sex abuse to 'satanic Mass'

[Humanist_Activist]

57. Outside of the newbie above, this is a classic example of values dissonance...

Pope Francis, being of a certain mindset can't conceive of anything worse than desecrating the Host, to a Catholic. To others though, particularly the not very religious, its a silly superstition and any comparison to serious crimes such as child abuse is offensive.

Now, do I think its a silly superstition, yes. Do I think he was trying to be deliberately offensive, or try to make light of child abuse, actually no. Context is everything, and he's basically saying to priests that molesting children is committing one of the worse sins imaginable. This is a step up from how the church treated the issue in the past, at least rhetoric wise.

That being said, this comparison should have been avoided, he could have worded things a lot better, and perhaps avoid context sensitive religious practices/beliefs that most people either won't get or don't believe anymore. Comparing sexual abuse to what most people would consider a, at worse, victimless activity, can be construed as being offensive.