people always seem capable of criticizing for the sake of it.. hell, some actually demonized mother theresa..
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Quote by: org For me to respect the pope or his church, he (whoever the next 'he' is) would have to come before a world audience and lay it all on the table and then apologise. He would need to open up the Vatican archives and say "Here's all the truth we've been hiding, here's everything we ever did wrong, why we did it, and how sorry we are." |
umm... john paul II DID apologize.. if this isn't an apology for the church's past/historical misdeeds, i don't know what is!
http://www.jewishpublicaffairs.org/p...al_apology.htm
and the issue about condoms.. i too think that we should've allowed condoms in africa.. but you know what? americans (especially jesse helms) did more to hinder that than the pope ever could. plus, while the rest of the world has done little to nothing about the problems raging on in africa, the catholic church has been providing aid to the neediest of people for years now. feeding the starving, aiding the sick, giving the homeless here at home food and shelter.. the church does so much charity work it isn't even funny. yet people choose to snub them, diminishing the good work they do for people in need, while those people themselves never help anybody. it smells very hypocritical imo.