Pope VS Children? Why popes are harmful girls and children?

Question

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,226038,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul17/0,4670,ChurchAbuse,00.html
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI told Irish bishops Saturday that instances of sexual abuse committed by clergy were "egregious crimes," and urged them to urgently rebuild confidence and do whatever necessary to prevent future offenses.
In his first comments on the subject since becoming pontiff last year, Benedict said the wounds inflicted by sexual abuse "run deep." The remarks were made to bishops from Ireland where the Catholic Church has been gravely damaged by massive sex abuse scandals.
"In the exercise of your pastoral ministry, you have had to respond in recent years to many heart-rending cases of sexual abuse of minors," the pontiff said. "These are all the more tragic when the abuser is a cleric."
"The wounds caused by such acts run deep, and it is an urgent task to rebuild confidence and trust where these have been damaged," Benedict said."it is importan

to establish the truth of what happened in the past, to take whatever steps are necessary to prevent it from occurring again, to ensure that the principles of justice are fully respected and, above all, to bring healing to the victims and to all those affected by these egregious crimes."

Answer 1

It scarcely seems to me that the Pope is being harmful to children.

Answer 2

I think it's great the Pope is addressing this in a constructive way, rather than a destructive way, as you would rather have happen, so you can bash Christianity a bit more. He's not having anyone brutally stoned to death, or calling for a fatwa to have the offenders killed. This is a step in the RIGHT direction. Whining about the past won't undo anything.

"to take whatever steps are necessary to prevent it from occurring again, to ensure that the principles of justice are fully respected and, above all, to bring healing to the victims and to all those affected by these egregious crimes"

Sounds like a great plan to me =)

Answer 3

Oh, give it a REST already, Punter!

Just because SOME priests/pastors/deacons or whatever have molested children does NOT mean they all have, or that they would.

I mean, you, as a Muslim, wouldn't like it if I did the same thing to YOU, would you? Instead of trying to convince people that Christianity is wrong, why don't you try convincing people that Islam is RIGHT? If Christianity is wrong, it does not make Islam right.

And if all priests have molested children, then I guess like SOME Muslim extremists, you're a terrorist. Doesn't feel good, does it?

I'm sure you're a good person. I'm glad you have your beliefs. But trying to convince any Christian (including myself) that our religion is wrong based on scriptures taken out of context or what a few morons have done would be like me ripping the Qur'an out of context and blaming ALL Muslims for the actions of a few...and it only makes us defensive.

So you're Muslim. Good for you. What makes YOU so right?

Answer 4

I am suspicious about these comments and suspect a hidden agenda. This pope is the epitomy of evil and he is totally untrustworthy.

Beware ...

Answer 5

I don't get the point about girls but he is evil considering he used to help cover it up words mean nothing as long as they insist priests must be celibate this will happen.

Answer 6

Question for Mim . That was quite a dumb answer.So serial rapist and killers are deprived of what ?

Answer 7

This isn't even a question. And never quote Fox "News" again you mongrel idiot.