Pope Francis likens child sex abuse to 'satanic Mass'

[Humanist_Activist]

59. To avoid misunderstanding, yes.

In general, especially when speaking within a context of your religion and sin, its impossible to not be offensive to people in one way or another.

In this example, you have the Pope comparing something that is seriously criminal and demonstrably harmful to children to an activity that is, to most people with secular mindsets(including many Catholics), a waste of time at worst, but largely harmless.

To give a further example, discussing sexuality, orientation, and gender identity with Catholics who stand by the natural law arguments and the Catholic concept of sin, and what the Catechism teaches on these issues inevitably leads to extremely offensive comparisons.

Pretty much any discussion between religious persons, particularly Christians and Muslims and a secular people inevitably leads to the religious people making comparisons of homosexual activity being a sin just like murder, theft, adultery lying, etc.

This is a mirror-flip of the issue I mentioned above, comparing a harmless activity, homosexuality, to activities and actions that demonstrably harm others.

I don't understand your need to mention the size of the Church, nor its supposed age, or the flawed description of its government, its more accurate to call it a Theocratic Elective Monarchy.