Do you think the Pope should resign?

Why should anyone else care?
I mean a non-Catholic can of course form an opinion on the topic, but if Catholics don't want him to resign, I don't see how my opinion or that of any other non-Catholic has any real relevance.

I seriously doubt any Pope has ever thought that they served by the will of anyone but God."

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Why should anyone else care?
I mean a non-Catholic can of course form an opinion on the topic, but if Catholics don't want him to resign, I don't see how my opinion or that of any other non-Catholic has any real relevance.

Everyone once more had a horse in this race, as this is an institution that had shielded and protected child rapists.

Then your opinion should (logically and effectually) focus on what legal actions can and should be taken against the institution, not whether or not the Pope should resign. Do you really, for one minute, think that if the Pope resigns child molestation by Catholic priests will come to an abrupt and final end? Yours is a childish reaction to a very serious problem. Punishing the Pope may make you, somehow, feel good but it will do nothing to protect Catholic children. No one, other than the utterly irrational, is suggesting that the current Pope molested children or encouraged their molestation, and it is a totaly naieve belief that the resignation of this Pope will result in the election of a new one that will somehow solve this problem with a single pass of his papal hand.

Maybe you do not care about children unless they share the same faith as your but most of us do not feel that way.

That's a truly ridiculous charge, and not deserving of a response.

When a Mormon offshoot church were abusing children in a somewhat similar manner, I do not remember anyone stating that it is only the business of the Mormons and why should non-Mormons care.

Pardon me, but you are an idiot who has willfully narrowed the focus of his mind to satisfy a sanctimonious self appraisal.

Once again, the very serious issue of Catholic priests molesting children will not and cannot be solved by the resignation of the Pope. It's hard to believe I have to explain this to you but the irrelevance of a non-Catholic's opinion on whether or not the Pope should resign does not in any way suggest that the criminal behavior of Catholic priests (regardless or whether or not the victims are solely Catholic) is a matter of concern to Catholics alone.

It is you who has made what you believe to be an indisputable connection between child molestations by Catholic priests and the continued service of the current Pope. Your welcome to such a narrow minded take on things but don't expect me to share it or to give much of a damn if it leads you to charge me with not caring about the victims.



For one thing the Catholic Church position in the world of being an internationally recognize nation should be review and perhaps taken away from them.

Really?

By whom?

Are you suggesting the UN might pass some sort of resolution that withdraws international recognition of the Vatican because of this issue?

There is evidence that UN Peacekeeping forces have been embroiled in sexual abuse scandals every bit as disgusting and disturbing as that of Catholic priests. Should the UN then pass a resolution that withdraws its recognition of itself?

And if international recognition of the Vatican as a sovereign state is compromised, so what? Do you suppose Italy will invade and annex it? Do you think that the Vatican's economy will dry up because some UN member states refuse to trade with it?

The UN has been reliably hapless in dealing with truly bad actors on the international stage like North Korea, Sudan, Iraq (of old), Iran, Burma, The Congo, Somalia, Cuba, Uzbekistan etc etc, but you might be right that it will find a unified will to punish the center of a Western religion. Doesn't quite make it justice though.

That way the Pope and others leaders of the Church cannot misused such a standing and the rest of the world can hold him accountable for his actions or lack of same.

How have the Pope and other leaders of the Church (BTW, I'm sure Catholics appreciate your recognition of the Roman Catholic Church as THE CHURCH) misused their "standing?"

Have they apponted child-molesting priests to ambassadorships?

Are they selling Alter-Boy kiddie porn in the UN gift shop or passing it across international borders via diplomatic pouches?

I didn't say that, Finn did.

The question may not be whether the Pope should resign, but whether Catholics that are critical of the Pope should find themselves a new spiritual leader? Catholicism is not the only flavor of Christianity.

Precisely what I posited.

Not to hide my offensiveness, the aforementioned was offered in context of my secular Jewish thought that the U.S., in my opinion, can survive as a superpower longer if the vast majority of the U.S. is comprised of Protestants. I believe Protestants tend to put the U.S. in the right sequence of importance in world affairs. I am not sure if concern for all of humanity correlates with the U.S. remaining a superpower?

Whoa...here we part ways Mr Flaky.

I figure things will lumber on without me.

Foofie foofied: Not to hide my offensiveness, the aforementioned was offered in context of my secular Jewish thought that the U.S., in my opinion, can survive as a superpower longer if the vast majority of the U.S. is comprised of Protestants. I believe Protestants tend to put the U.S. in the right sequence of importance in world affairs. I am not sure if concern for all of humanity correlates with the U.S. remaining a superpower?

Finn replied: Whoa...here we part ways Mr Flaky.

I've realized it but not processed it..

You've quite a sharp mind.

By whom?

Are you suggesting the UN might pass some sort of resolution that withdraws international recognition of the Vatican because of this issue?