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I fail to see the problem. Dragonsoul Send a noteboard - 11/04/2010 07:55:42 AM
He was recommended to be defrocked, and he was. It's a process like anything else. He even left the Church. Not to mention His Holiness was not even in charge of this situation when it began. There's no cover-up, no one is hiding anything. The reason for that is, of course, because the Church did nothing wrong. They received a report of wrong doing, followed through with an investigation and subsequent defrocking of the individual involved. Should the Church have gone farther and reported him to the Police? Yes, absolutely. Is that a system that the Church will be adopting now? Yes, certainly. So what's the problem?

And as for anyone calling on the "Pope" to resign, that is absurd. Popes do not resign. They're not Presidents, they're not Protestants. It's not an office that you can simply take up and abandon at will. And even if it were, His Holiness has done nothing to merit such calls.
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The Pope should resign and the Church needs to reform itself. - 11/04/2010 04:58:57 AM 117 Views
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No, thank you. You're an inspiration to us all. *NM* - 11/04/2010 06:51:14 PM 47 Views
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They do? - 11/04/2010 05:59:59 PM 92 Views
They sure do. - 11/04/2010 06:54:24 PM 79 Views
Sorry, I don't see it. - 11/04/2010 08:45:47 PM 78 Views
No apology neccessary. - 11/04/2010 09:45:31 PM 68 Views
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I find their continual insistence that nothing inappropriate on Ratzinger's part occured sickening. - 11/04/2010 05:20:15 AM 87 Views
He can resign, and the pope is not infallible - 11/04/2010 05:30:45 AM 75 Views
Re: He can resign, and the pope is not infallible - 11/04/2010 05:52:10 AM 78 Views
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knowledge? Understanding? - 11/04/2010 04:49:14 PM 96 Views
The only people I've ever seen say that are atheists, actually. It's a fun little strawman. *NM* - 11/04/2010 10:44:56 PM 45 Views
well, then I'm mocking atheists - 11/04/2010 11:48:24 PM 59 Views
Ah. - 12/04/2010 07:18:11 AM 53 Views
It wasn't a strawman - 12/04/2010 08:01:21 AM 63 Views
Your comments above had absolutely nothing to do with my post. - 12/04/2010 08:42:45 AM 55 Views
I fail to see the problem. - 11/04/2010 07:55:42 AM 104 Views
They've resigned before. *NM* - 12/04/2010 08:43:21 AM 42 Views
Not in the last 595 years. - 12/04/2010 05:53:10 PM 68 Views