Pope enthralls large crowd with message of love, mercy

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23. Logic is subjective. That's new.

No, the Catholic church is responsible for it's response to pedophilia, not the pedophilia itself. The percentage of Catholic priests involved is small. The response it indeed disgusting, but the criminal commits the crime.

The response isn't "disgusting", it's criminal. Church officials intimidated victims into keeping their mouths shut, while relocating priests they knew posed a danger to the public to preclude prosecution. If you or I had done this, we'd be sitting in a jail cell as accomplices to child rape. They are, by law, culpable.

and quite honestly, you are just one of many Catholic critics on DU here whose opinion of the church are off-point. If the religious belief is important and has value, it has value regardless of the church structure. You are asking people to give up their faith which also creates their liberal beliefs in order to fulfill your personal vision of progressivism.

Oh, please.

Since when did the Catholic faith hinge entirely on dropping money in the collection basket?

No one is being asked to change their beliefs. They are being asked to stop providing monetary support to an organization that is by and large not in keeping with progressive values.

But why should I care about your view of the correct way to be progressive? Are you like the progressive pope, or something?

If a diversity of ideas and opinions frightens you, perhaps you'd be better served in one of the safe haven groups.