http://theimpudentobserver.com/world-news/im-sorry-says-cardinal-is-the-priest/ Global Liberal Issues Thu, 24 May 2012 11:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theimpudentobserver.com/world-news/im-sorry-says-cardinal-is-the-priest/comment-page-1/#comment-7216 journeyer58 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:16:12 +0000 http://theimpudentobserver.com/?p=11968#comment-7216 If the past is any indication of the future, then it will be at least 100-200 years before the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church decides to address the issue of celibacy for priests. In place, in the College of Cardinals are all of the appointments of the predecessor of Benedict XVI, John Paul II. He chose cardinals based on their orthodoxy and adherence to the idea of 'celibacy.' T0 gain that most coveted position one would have had to show the Pope that adherence to the 'faith' as he saw it was of the utmost importance to the rising bishop. And since the youngest cardinal is only in his early 60's and is allowed to vote for the new pope until the age of 72, then there is at least 2 maybe 3 generations of cardinals that will not allow any mention of change to the status quo. It is a shame that the church by then will be ineffectual and meaningless. Then Catholic Church has many good traditions and lots of social justice issues it works on, but this ongoing scandal will make the church an outmoded and outdated as well as ineffectual voice for the people. The people, whom they, the hierarchy have taken for granted and abused for time immemorial. I write this not as a self-loathing Catholic, but one who has thought long and hard about the policy of celibacy and the issue of the church becoming involved in the political arena of the U.S. and the world. If the past is any indication of the future, then it will be at least 100-200 years before the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church decides to address the issue of celibacy for priests.
In place, in the College of Cardinals are all of the appointments of the predecessor of Benedict XVI, John Paul II.
He chose cardinals based on their orthodoxy and adherence to the idea of ‘celibacy.’ T0 gain that most coveted position one would have had to show the Pope that adherence to the ‘faith’ as he saw it was of the utmost importance to the rising bishop. And since the youngest cardinal is only in his early 60′s and is allowed to vote for the new pope until the age of 72, then there is at least 2 maybe 3 generations of cardinals that will not allow any mention of change to the status quo.
It is a shame that the church by then will be ineffectual and meaningless. Then Catholic Church has many good traditions and lots of social justice issues it works on, but this ongoing scandal will make the church an outmoded and outdated as well as ineffectual voice for the people. The people, whom they, the hierarchy have taken for granted and abused for time immemorial.
I write this not as a self-loathing Catholic, but one who has thought long and hard about the policy of celibacy and the issue of the church becoming involved in the political arena of the U.S. and the world.

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