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4. Being fair to the man

Sat Jun 21, 2014, 06:08 PM

Jun 2014

There is a difference between the sins of dead men and the ongoing sin of those still alive. Dead men cant really be effectively disciplined. It seems to me that its more useful to focus on people who might actually be brought up short.

I'd say his consistency of message is more harmed by the ongoing issues over pedophile priests than a lack of speeches regarding things that happened over a thousand years ago.

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Mafiosi are 'excommunicated', pope says [View all] alp227 Jun 2014 OP

Good first move. Now go for the other "organised crime groups". Long list these days. mahannah Jun 2014 #1

Yes!!!! billhicks76 Jun 2014 #10

The GOP is one of those groups SummerSnow Jun 2014 #18

Funny you bring up the GOP WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2014 #21

The SCOTUS Fab Five will probably end up doing more harm ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #2

I admire the confrontation, but…. toby jo Jun 2014 #3

Being fair to the man quakerboy Jun 2014 #4

just as a point of information, the inquisition and the witch burnings were NOT niyad Jun 2014 #6

Fair enough quakerboy Jun 2014 #12

reading comprehension is your friend. the poster said 1800 years OF, not niyad Jun 2014 #24

Wow. quakerboy Jun 2014 #28

no, let's not fight. I have been fighting with that corrupt, woman-hating niyad Jun 2014 #35

Thanks for the reading quakerboy Jun 2014 #42

Well, let's just let bygones be bygones. toby jo Jun 2014 #37

Where did I say that? quakerboy Jun 2014 #38

but Quakerboy is correct about the perpetrators pretty much being dead and the Pope samsingh Jun 2014 #39

if we are being held accountable for every atrocity every peer group has done ages ago roguevalley Jun 2014 #29

Great now how about the child molestors you're still harbor ing and financing Bickle Jun 2014 #5

What a stupid post. rug Jun 2014 #13

You sure Bickle Jun 2014 #20

That would be two. rug Jun 2014 #22

It gets very annoying Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2014 #30

Yeah, they have pesky things like women's autonomy and anti-child-rape on their agendas. Arugula Latte Jun 2014 #41

Eeks. Does he want to become a saint? He may get killed. McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #7

perhaps a currently praciticing catholic can correct me, but, as I understand niyad Jun 2014 #8

Excommunication removes you entirely from the Church rpannier Jun 2014 #9

There are two types of excommunication. rug Jun 2014 #16

Latae sententiae can be lifted simply by going to Confession with a priest. melm00se Jun 2014 #32

That's true whenever somebody goes to Confession. rug Jun 2014 #36

Oh No WovenGems Jun 2014 #11

Pruning the Tree of Evil Demeter Jun 2014 #14

I never did understand why over the years in NYC LiberalElite Jun 2014 #15

That's not surprising. I grew up near Bensonhurst and worked for a time in Dyker Heights Brooklyn. bklyncowgirl Jun 2014 #45

I like the way they did it back in Medieval England packman Jun 2014 #17

He's going after them, the banks, the tax cheats and government austerity mooks. I like that. freshwest Jun 2014 #19

and, essentially leaving the pedophile priests alone, and still treated women niyad Jun 2014 #23

Russell Brand got 50K to London on that basis. Great PR there, too. freshwest Jun 2014 #25

I'm not sure about this JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #26

the whole Honduran government also got excommunicated 1979 (also a narcostate) MisterP Jun 2014 #27

Is there any evidence that this did any good whatsoever? Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 #31

I took some grief for defending this Pope in another thread WhoWoodaKnew Jun 2014 #33

He should avoid small planes IronLionZion Jun 2014 #34

How about you also excommunicate the child rapist, Francis? Arugula Latte Jun 2014 #40

wonder what thinks of the Bush crime family? olddad56 Jun 2014 #43

Wonder what he thinks of Paul Ryan and his Ayn Rand worshipping acolytes. amandabeech Jun 2014 #44

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #46

So is the Godfather just the Father now? Kablooie Jun 2014 #47