Irish Catholic Church butt-sore about becoming irrelavant...

[Animavore]

...insults pagans into the bargain.


http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/bi ... 34925.html

A report from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) also claims there is a strong view among ecclesiastical authorities that falling vocations and Mass attendance figures are a result of people “not having time or interest in faith”, rather than as a result of any of the clerical sex abuse scandals to rock the Church.

It also found the vast majority of priests believe the controversial New Missal is “very unsatisfactory”.

The ACP report, published yesterday after its first series of nationwide meetings with priest councils, said the bishops believe that evangelisation and re-education is needed — but it warned against relying on ageing priests to renew the Church.

“The age, lack of energy, tiredness of priests was very obvious. Expecting these men to bring about any real change was clearly not living in the real world. Keeping the show on the road for another few years is the most that can be expected from most of them.”

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[Rum]

Well this is good! Progress!

[FBM]

Good. That is all.

[Audley Strange]

Well they've outlasted most corporations and still have a huge market for their brand, but times change, I don't see them fucking off any time soon though.

[Animavore]

The Irish are doing fine without them. All they ever brought was misery, suffering, child abuse and collective shame. They whine about materialism but many can recollect when Irish people were poor while the priests, in their nice houses, stuffed their fat faces while turning people from their door. The Pope and the Cardinals love their expensive jewellery. Hypocrites.

[Audley Strange]

The Irish are doing fine without them. All they ever brought was misery, suffering, child abuse and collective shame. They whine about materialism but many can recollect when Irish people were poor while the priests, in their nice houses, stuffed their fat faces while turning people from their door. The Pope and the Cardinals love their expensive jewellery. Hypocrites.

I'm sure some Germans were complaining about that it the Early 14th Century, by the 16th it was all the rage.

[klr]

[Rum]

Now - what's to be done about South America?

[Audley Strange]

Now - what's to be done about South America?

They're doing okay over there. The Women's rights movement are perpetually on the Church's case and the influence it has in their politics regarding their sexual health. Brazil's on fire. Chavez is gone, Castro is gone. Now if they can only get the paramilitaries and crazy drug gangs sorted (both of which have been supported by the Catholic Church) the place should be rid of the Jesus Junkies soon enough.

[MrJonno]

While abortion isn't freely available the catholic church is hardly irrelevant

[Svartalf]

Now - what's to be done about South America?

Wait for native beliefs to take over, and wait 1500 years for them to arrive at the same level of tiredness with woo as ours.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Is the Church as butt-sore as the choir boys?

[JimC]

Just fade away...

[Audley Strange]

Is the Church as butt-sore as the choir boys?

I'd imagine that would be considered part of the initiation into the Doctrine, so yes.