Catholic Church scandals
It’s a really bad sign when an institution supposedly dedicated to ethical and moral behavoir is taking legalistic stands and blaming the media. We expect that sort of thing from our worst politicians, not from a self-proclaimed institutional beacon of moral standards.
The Pope says through a spokesman that this crisis is a “personal test” for him. He’s got that right. But he omits that sexual abuses were personal tests for the victims too. It’s not really about him is it? So how will he do?
Separate from any homilies, and separate from any benedictions and statements of faith, the Church is a institution of politics and beaurocracy that’s existed for over two thousand years now. It knows how to survive. The only real question is if it will survive with something consistent with the stated beliefs of the Catholic religion.