Last year I've been writing that the suffering of man has many faces. This year I don't have to put a link on an African war to prove that once again: the suffering is amidst us. It would be very liberating if a the bishop, who is accused for having beaten his pupils in the classroom, and who now is going to flex his judicial muscles, that this bishop would go after the prosecution of the rotten apples in the Catholic church by using the same judicial means. It would also be helpful, if the Pope would find any supportive words for the many spotless servants of the church and at least a strong symbolic measure for convicting these clerics guilty of child abuse. I mean, kings have been excommunicated because of their remarriage after divorce, so what's the problem here.
It will be very interesting to listen to today's sermons. It's a situation that would put the man in the spotlight in a rage.
(Image: Man of Sorrows, Groß St. Martin, Cologne; sculpture from the 16th century)
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@Ted: Thanks a lot, Ted! (But actually I think I'm totally harmless and so are my comments. Germany's bishops may consider themselves lucky guys, because I'm not the Pope.)
@António Pires: Thanks António, much appreciated!
@☾éline: Thank you!
@MARIANA: Many thanks, Mariana!
@B.Held: Many thanks, Brittany!
@akarui: Many thanks, Olivier! Happy Easter to you, too!
@Ted: Thanks for that link, Ted! I think that Williams is bringing up a painful subject that many Catholics are perceiving the same way: while officials are still making use of that well-know stalling technique, the critics within and outside the church are being attacked. No wonder that the church gets bad headlines, and even favourable supporters are stopping to sympathise with the church. It is high time for taking drastic measures, including a spring cleaning in the inner circles of cover-up. But unfortunately we're having the wrong Pope for this, though I see some hope here and then.
@Steven: Let's say the circumstances were very supportive. :-)
@Japanalia: The next step is the transformation of the message beyond the architectural structure.
@Sandrine: Thank you, Sandrine!