re: Vatican: Pope Francis now in critical condition

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You can get a lot of upvotes by posting incorrect history, but you probably deep down know why he left the Catholic Church.

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There is nothing incorrect in what I said. I have no doubt that Martin Luther started his crusade with nothing but the best intentions. However, in his debates with clergymen - especially at the Diet of Worms in 1521 - you increasingly see a man driven by ego being backed into a corner by Johann Maier von Eck, forcing Luther to invent (and cleverly so) the doctrine of Sola Scriptura to defend his positions.

Luther was indeed correct though. The Church needed reform. It had been mired by corruption. St. Ignatius of Loyola famously would tell bright-eyed young priests to stay away from Rome or else they would become disenchanted by what the Vatican had become. The Council of Trent of the mid-16th century fixed many of the problems Luther had with the Catholic Church.

Really…I’m starting to think this is more emotional for you so I’ll bow out.

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What else needs to be done?

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I guess nothing now because as you said the catholic church has been focused on it for a long time so problem solved. Ignoring the actual abuse going on and portraying this as pay out issue is certainly helping. You work for a cabal of pederasts.

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I guess nothing now

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so you actually don’t have any ideas, surprising

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Ignoring the actual abuse going on

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so you’re living in the 1980s?

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portraying this as pay out issue is certainly helping

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it’s funny how some of the ‘mentally traumatized’ people suddenly get better after a couple of million

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You work for a cabal of pederasts.

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prove it

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I’m not going to call you names,

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well if you change your mind and need some ammo, she's built like Gru from Despicable Me and her blown out front bottom resembles a nacho bellgrande

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I used to think Mingo was funny

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about to have to sign into some alters just to add more than one downvote

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1. The pedophilia problem. And it's a big issue that needs to continue to be addressed. And I say this as a cradle Catholic.

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Pedos are everywhere, dude. Church my parents brought us to in Kenner (Glendale) when I was an infant had a pedo pastor. Dad had to sit my five year old sister down and ask her about it when he got busted - nothing happened to her thank God.

Pedos get busted nearly every day in this country's public schools but nobody really cares. Some of the weirdos on this board talk about how they wanna frick the female teachers that get busted with minors. It's gross.

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I’m not sure what’s so hard to understand about that.

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I didn’t say it was hard to understand - it’s just not only a Catholic problem. The Catholic Church is not the only one that swept and continues to sweep abuse under the rug. It’s not the only pedophile ring in existence like the media wants you to believe. The Church is just an easy target.

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You’re the only one that’s delusional about that

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You have no idea what you’re talking about, and it’s evident in your posts.