Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Altargate

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/04/AR2010040402726.html
Can the pope restore the purity of Catholicism?
By Timothy Shriver
Monday, April 5, 2010; A11
The scandal facing Catholics today looks a lot like the Watergate 
scandal that engulfed the United States in the early 1970s. Then, what 
started as a crime committed by a few burglars slowly escalated to 
reveal corruption at the highest levels of authority. The White House 
counsel, senior advisers and others were punished for their roles. In 
the end, the president of the United States was implicated and forced to 
resign.
Is the Catholic Church on a similar pathway to the resignation of a pope?
On the surface, there are many similarities. A few years ago, the church 
was embarrassed by revelations that some priests were involved in the 
abuse of minors -- unlike the Watergate break-in, a major crime. Those 
priests were largely in Boston, but other abusers were exposed around 
the country. Reforms followed, and the scandal seemed to pass.
More recently, the equivalent of the Watergate tapes have blown open the 
church's calm. The Cardinal Archbishop of Ireland was involved in not 
only a failure to act but appears to have been an active agent of 
cover-up. And the trail seems to be leading even higher: the pope 
himself, while an archbishop in Munich, may have played a role in 
failing to respond to abuse.
Must he resign?
That's where the parallels break down. Watergate was not only a scandal; 
it was a threat to the republic itself. The head had to be removed for 
the country to survive.
The church is not a democracy. Bishops (and popes) are not answerable to 
polls; they're supposed to be dismissive of popular trends in search of 
a higher truth.
But the church's indifference to public opinion is not designed to 
protect those who condone blatant violations of gospel principles. Yet 
that is exactly what has arisen in our time. An episcopal culture that 
placed defense of the structure over the defense of children is broken, 
pure and simple. The pope may not be guilty of any wrongdoing, but the 
culture is.
So if the pope isn't going to resign, can the hierarchy survive?
The first part of the answer will depend on justice: Catholics and 
non-Catholics alike must hear a full confession -- evidence of 
contrition so pure that it cannot be mistaken. We must see bishops leave 
their teaching positions because their moral authority is lost. We must 
believe that civil justice will be served when crimes are committed.
But that isn't enough.
And it's not enough to say that 95 percent of priests and nuns are 
heroic and dedicated servants of the faith, baptizing our children, 
caring for the sick and the poor, ministering to our families and 
burying our dead. They are of course all of that.
It's not enough to say that the church has created an enormous diversity 
of religious practice and expression, giving birth to contemplative, 
monastic, scholarly and popular forms of faith that have brought the 
gospel to life for billions -- even though it has.
It's not even enough to argue that the church traces its roots to Jesus 
himself -- that it is His church. It does indeed trace its roots to 
gospel times. But not even that is enough to justify confidence in the 
bishops.
The capital of trust between the people of the church and their leaders 
is dangerously close to empty. The bishops cannot take the people for 
granted any longer. We were raised to love the gospel, to seek the 
truth, to serve justice, to grow in the bosom of the sacraments. But we 
will not do it under their leadership unless they change.
What's needed is a conversion of the bishops and the pope himself. 
That's right: It's time for the pope and the bishops to convert their 
culture to one that is centered on loving God from the depths of their 
souls and to leading a church that is as much mother as father, as much 
pastoral as theological, as much spiritual as doctrinal. It is time for 
them to listen to the deep and authentic witness of the people of faith, 
to trust the spirit that blows where it will, to abandon their 
defensiveness of their positions and trust only the gospel, and not 
their edifice of control. Conversion is a total experience -- letting go 
of the old and putting on the new.
The conversion we seek for them is the same conversion they invite for 
us: Put on a contrite heart and fall in love with God, recklessly, 
totally and passionately. Let the love of God be the only measure of 
their actions.
We live in a spiritual age, and until the bishops and the pope learn to 
lead a people hungry for authenticity, trust and spiritual nourishment, 
we will look elsewhere. There are millions of Catholics with deep 
spiritual wisdom -- millions of faith-filled people who love God in 
transformative ways. We will trust their faith and witness if the 
bishops fail us.
My faith is not shaken by these scandals. My hunger for my own 
conversion to a more loving, more just and more peaceful way of living 
is undiminished. On Easter, my family and I celebrated the hope beyond 
all hopes and did so with the Eucharist.
But this is Altargate. The hierarchy, not the faith, is in jeopardy. The 
pope need not resign. He must do something far more difficult: convert.

http://exposemolesters.blogspot.com/

 Monday, April 5, 2010; A11
questo signore, occorre precisare č l'erede dei Kennedy (č nipote di John)
Un purissimo cattolico di origine irlandese eh
Mica un giudeo col naso adunco!

 Mica un giudeo col naso adunco!
Anche gli Agnelli erano purissimi cattolici, e chissà com'è che
l'erede è questo shlemiel qui:
http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Basket/Usa/10-03-2010/nba-lapo-ruba-palla-603256591264.shtml


http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Basket/Usa/10-03-2010/nba-lapo-ruba-palla-603256591264.shtml
che è ebreo quanto te, nevvero 

 che è ebreo quanto te, nevvero
capisco che vi faccia vergognare, ma è roba vostra. Tenetevelo...:D
Lapo Elkann recently took on the appointment of Global Ambassador to
the biggest hospital in the Middle East, the Chaim Sheba Medical
Center at Tel Hashomer
"Israel is another ‘I.’ Why do I care so much of Israel? I’m Italian,
but at the same time I’m Jewish,” Mr. Elkann said.
In case you’re not getting the message: “I like to support Israel,”
said Mr. Elkann, grandson of the great industrialist Gianni Agnelli.
It was branding maven Steven Klein’s idea to bring Mr. Elkann on as a
representative. “I looked at this, and I said this is about cool
Jews,” Mr. Klein said, “and Lapo immediately came to mind.”
http://www.observer.com/2008/where-s-lapo-shhhh-euro-wrangler-no-eunuch-ladies

but at the same time I’m Jewish,” Mr. Elkann said.
oh, ma ne conosco così di gente che si proclama questo o quello

 non è ebreo chi vuole, sai?
hai appena dimezzato la popolazione ebraica mondiale...