Vatican creating an office to combat pedophilia.. no wait, secularization (1 Viewer)

[Lipin]

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI is creating a new Vatican office to fight secularization and "re-evangelize" the West — a tacit acknowledgment that his attempts to reinvigorate Christianity in Europe haven't succeeded and need a new boost.

Benedict announced the new office during a vespers' service Monday, confirming reports in the Italian media of a handful of new Vatican appointments expected to be announced before the pope goes on summer holiday and the Vatican bureaucracy slows down.

Benedict said parts of the world are still missionary territory, where the Catholic Church is still relatively unknown. But in other parts of the world like Europe, Christianity has existed for centuries yet "the process of secularization has produced a serious crisis of the sense of the Christian faith and role of the Church."

The new pontifical council, he said, would "promote a renewed evangelization" in countries where the Church has long existed "but which are living a progressive secularization of society and a sort of 'eclipse of the sense of God.'"

The pontiff's announcement came as he marked the feasts of Saints Peter and Paul, a major feast day in Europe that is traditionally celebrated with representatives of the Orthodox church. While ties with some Orthodox remain strained, both churches have found a common ground in their fight against secularization.

Benedict didn't say who would head the new office, but Italian media have said he would tap Monsignor Rino Fisichella, who as head of the Pontifical Academy for Life is the Vatican's top bioethics official.

Fisichella created a minor uproar last year when he defended Brazilian doctors who aborted the twin fetuses of a 9-year-old child who was raped by her stepfather. His call for mercy sparked heated criticism from some hardline conservative members of the Pontifical Academy who questioned his suitability to lead the institution.

More: Pope to create new office to fight secularization - Yahoo! News

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

ugh what the fuck

 

[supercalamari]

Bloody catholics. Surely there are bigger problems in the world then securalization, e.g. poverty, war, disease, pedophilia...

 

[kaz1]

I'd like to see more effort combatting homosexuality.

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

"Fisichella created a minor uproar last year when he defended Brazilian doctors who aborted the twin fetuses of a 9-year-old child who was raped by her stepfather. His call for mercy sparked heated criticism from some hardline conservative members of the Pontifical Academy who questioned his suitability to lead the institution."

These people physically sicken me.

 

[Lolsmith]

Pontifical Academy

 

[abbeyroad]

lolcatholics

 

[PH011]

I wonder what they're actaually going to do to fight secularism... Run ad campaigns? There's not much they can do about it lol

 

[Chemical Ali]

I wonder what they're actaually going to do to fight secularism... Run ad campaigns? There's not much they can do about it lol

Maybe they could put ads on buses...

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Ugh, cunt's fucked.

 

[supercalamari]

I'd like to see more effort combatting homosexuality.

Fo real?

 

[Lolsmith]

No, he's trolling.


And I don't know how they're going to fight secularism when it barely exists.

 

[Shane_]

I wantz to see more done to increase da birf rate, get rid of dose contraceptives

 

[supercalamari]

No, he's trolling.


And I don't know how they're going to fight secularism when it barely exists.

Wouldn't be bothered if he was, but rather slightly amused maybe?

Iunno. Too tired to think straight.

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

Wouldn't be bothered if he was, but rather slightly amused maybe?

Iunno. Too tired to think straight.

haha i could never think straight

 

[myst1fy]

loveboat

 

[kaz1]

Fo real?

It's a threat to our humanity cause there would be no babies as homos don't make babies.

 

[supercalamari]

Surely you can make a few for the homos that don't want no-mo babies.

 

[Cabenson]

It's a threat to our humanity cause there would be no babies as homos don't make babies.

What about hetero couples that decide they do not want babies, or hetero couples who are biologically inviable for procreation? If heteros like these are not threats to humanity, then gay couples aren't either.