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...issued orders from the top. An obedient priest moves up in power by keeping his head down, winning rewards for bureaucratic skills and strict orthodoxy. When Cardinals are created, they take a vow before the Pope to "keep in confidence anything that, if revealed, would cause a scandal or harm to the church." When it came to sex abuse, the Vatican essentially told bishops, You're on your own. But if saving the church from scandal was literally a cardinal virtue, then the bishops of America's 194 dioceses who had direct responsibility for priestly misconduct would make it their...
...ordination gave him a share of the Pope's infallibility, acted as prosecutor, judge, sentencer. Desperate to retain even sinful men, as the number of priests shrank alarmingly, and ever putting the image of the church first, bishops refined the system. Convince the family that publicity would harm the faith. Don't report to the police; don't warn the parish. Treat the priest with confession, time out at a discreet rehab center and Christian forgiveness; then let him resume duties at a new parish, the same way they dealt with whisky priests' alcoholism. For years the bishops believed...
...institutions are run by human beings, and humans are fallible. I am an American Catholic who is greatly saddened by the harm that has come to the children who were victims of the criminal behavior of certain priests. The men involved should be punished to the full extent of the law, and everything possible should be done to keep this from happening again. I will never, however, lose trust in or stop loving my church. I hope Sullivan does not suppose our faith is so shallow as to be shaken by the sins of a few of our leaders. KATHY...
...European Union and the United States have drawn up "smart" sanctions, which would include a travel ban on Mugabe and senior members of his ZANU-PF party and a freeze on their assets abroad, but there is little likelihood that these could hurt their intended targets or further harm Zimbabwe's already devastated economy...
...some places fell off, salts rose to the surface and gilding tarnished. But the chapel's masterpieces also face modern threats. Air pollution has become a serious problem. And only eight years after the last restoration, finished in 1963, it became obvious that it had done more harm than good. Neglecting to test his materials first, restorer Leonetto Tintori used synthetic resins to fix the painted layer to the plaster. As the resins aged, they hardened and the wall could no longer "breathe." Without further treatment, the painted layer was likely to fall...