The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
Abuse by a priest, a parent, a family member, a teacher etc is TOTALLY unacceptable and they should be punished and some bishops should be in the next cell...having said that my question after reading this article is how would Jesus treat these folks whose sins are more public than others?...would he cut them off..i think not...when we say the Lords prayer we ask to be forgiven as we forgive...no more than we would suggest the alcoholic become a bartender these men should not be in charge of the boy scouts (or for some the girl scouts)but they are still people made to the image and likeness of God and we need to forgive them and the church needs to find places for them when they have completed their jail time...God did not make ANY throw-away people and i wonder if sometimes we have forgotten that.
ReplyDeleteApparently the Vatican has billions of dollars it has accumulated over two millenium stashed away in bank accounts and probably various investments. Unfortunately they would never part with it voluntarily. If some of that money could be had, it could be used to retrain these abusers for a productive job or skill in society and then they could go to work for a living and support themselves like everyone else.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the book "The Vatican Billions" by Avro Manhattan, which is available to read online.
http://www.cephasministry.com/catholic_vaticans_billions_1.html