Vatican Abuse Summit: A Pointless "Gabfest"
A truly damming appraisal of the Vatican Abuse Summit; a "gab fest" which resulted in absolutely no difference the week after from the week before:
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Cardinal Nichols back from Rome with snake oil to sell...
Cardinal Nichols as he appears on Bruvver Eccles luvvley blog Cardinal Nichols has posted a video giving his thoughts on the Sex Abuse Summit at the Vatican, from which he has just returned. Really you don't need to watch it as you can very likely guess 85% of the contents, but here it is if you are interested in watching: Predictable, uninspiring, unconvincing—yes, all of those things. But honestly I think this performance is deplorable and here is why. It is the same thing we have heard ad nauseam with absolutely nothing new. And it is perhaps most interesting for what is not mentioned: God, sin, virtue, grace, homosexuality, the Commandments, none of these play a part in any of the Cardinal's "reflections". He sounds like a third rate bureaucrat (and nothing at all like a Cardinal). So what does he have to say? Well, everything is amazing in Rome apparently. He constantly repeats, almost mantra-like "child abuse, child abuse, child abuse",...
Vatican Cringe-a-thon Sex Abuse Summit Ends
Finally the torturous sex abuse summit in Rome has drawn to a close. Torturous because it has been so incredibly cringe-worthy to see the Cardinals and Bishops Pope Francis has chosen to lead this summit trot out errors, buzzwords and meaningless platitudes on a world stage. And no one is buying what they are selling. Key moments of cringe for me were Archbishop Scicluna, who has already shown himself to be the Pope's useful idiot , stating the direct opposite to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: At Presser for Vatican Sexual Abuse Summit #PBC2019 , Sandro Magister asks why "homosexuality" was missing from discourses this morning, @BishopScicluna says homosexuality, like heterosexuality, is a human condition "that does not predispose one to sin" pic.twitter.com/lmTGe5orr2 — Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) February 21, 2019 Cardinal Marx telling everyone how the Church had destroyed documents to protect abusers: At Presser for Vatican Sexual Abuse S...