Jesuits' magazine America on:

"Sin Inside the Church"



Monday, May 31, 2010. A random snippet follows...


"En route to Portugal, Pope Benedict XVI spoke bluntly about the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church.

"[S]aid the pope, The suffering of the church also comes from within the church, because sin exists in the church ... today we see it in a truly terrifying way. The greatest persecution of the church does not come from the enemies on the outside, but is born in sin inside the church..."

"On the other hand, the pope's words did signal a rebuke to the Curial cardinals who have blamed the media and other so - called enemies for a problem that was of their own making...

Way to go, Holy Father! :)