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OpEdNews <snip> If it had done so:
- Pope Ratzinger would have resigned immediately.
- All cardinals and bishops who had covered up the scandal would have been removed from office.
- The canonization process for John Paul II would have been terminated, because of the way he down-played the sex scandal. This would be the equivalent of removing Joepa's statue.
- An investigation independent of the Vatican would have been launched headed by an unimpeachable figure -- say the Dali Lama, perhaps joined by Sr. Pat Farrell, President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) which is currently being investigated by the Vatican.
- Upon completion of its investigation (assuming it would have reached conclusions similar to the one in Ireland), the commission would have:
o Fined the Catholic Church $500 billion -- the equivalent of one year of the R.C. church income. The money would be used world-wide to aid victims of sex abuse and to institute programs to educate clergy about human sexuality using the best insights of current sociology and psychology.
o Removed from the list of genuine popes all those whose public crimes made them unworthy of the title "Vicars of Christ." Here the Borgia popes come to mind, as well as Pope Pius XII for his silence about the Jewish Holocaust. (Obviously, the process of his canonization would be abruptly ended.) This would be the rough equivalent of Penn State's vacating its football wins since 1998.
o The exclusion of women from the priesthood would be reversed, and seminary scholarships would be extended world-wide to women desiring to receive Holy Orders.
o Mandatory celibacy would of course be set aside as a requirement of the priesthood -- and a major contributor to the issue at hand.
o A reforming Church Council (Vatican III?) would be ordered to deal with the sex abuse and related problems -- to be attended only by bishops not involved in the abuse scandal and subsequent cover-up. Their places would be taken by women elected by national bodies equivalent to the LCWR in the United States.
www.opednews.com/articles/1/What-if-the-Catholic-Churc-by-Mike-Rivage-Seul-120727-589.html
Good read if you're into it. The article is longish and detailed.
- Pope Ratzinger would have resigned immediately.
- All cardinals and bishops who had covered up the scandal would have been removed from office.
- The canonization process for John Paul II would have been terminated, because of the way he down-played the sex scandal. This would be the equivalent of removing Joepa's statue.
- An investigation independent of the Vatican would have been launched headed by an unimpeachable figure -- say the Dali Lama, perhaps joined by Sr. Pat Farrell, President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) which is currently being investigated by the Vatican.
- Upon completion of its investigation (assuming it would have reached conclusions similar to the one in Ireland), the commission would have:
o Fined the Catholic Church $500 billion -- the equivalent of one year of the R.C. church income. The money would be used world-wide to aid victims of sex abuse and to institute programs to educate clergy about human sexuality using the best insights of current sociology and psychology.
o Removed from the list of genuine popes all those whose public crimes made them unworthy of the title "Vicars of Christ." Here the Borgia popes come to mind, as well as Pope Pius XII for his silence about the Jewish Holocaust. (Obviously, the process of his canonization would be abruptly ended.) This would be the rough equivalent of Penn State's vacating its football wins since 1998.
o The exclusion of women from the priesthood would be reversed, and seminary scholarships would be extended world-wide to women desiring to receive Holy Orders.
o Mandatory celibacy would of course be set aside as a requirement of the priesthood -- and a major contributor to the issue at hand.
o A reforming Church Council (Vatican III?) would be ordered to deal with the sex abuse and related problems -- to be attended only by bishops not involved in the abuse scandal and subsequent cover-up. Their places would be taken by women elected by national bodies equivalent to the LCWR in the United States.
www.opednews.com/articles/1/What-if-the-Catholic-Churc-by-Mike-Rivage-Seul-120727-589.html
Good read if you're into it. The article is longish and detailed.