Upgrade your browser!
Skip to Content
Sign-In
Community
Exp Leader Board
Don't have an account? Create one and start earning XP!
I'm looking for media with:
Search in All Media Videos Pictures Games Jokes News
There are 7 results.
Video:
the view of vatican city from the top of the cupola.
mexican priest marcial marciel degollado has been asked by the vatican to retire, after allegations of sexual abuse.
pope benedict xvi told the priest to lay down his priesthood and retire to a life of prayer and penance.
marcial marciel degollado, 86, founder of the legion of christ order, was accused of sexual abuse by at least nine men, who said they were abused when they were young seminarians, between the ages of 10 and 16.
although the vatican did not address the accusations, it is the first time a priest accused of sexual abuse has been asked to step down by the roman catholic church.
many have applauded the new course the vatican has taken with regards to sexual abuse by their priests. pope john paul ii never asked any priest to step down after allegations of misconduct, many remain in active ministry even after allegations have been proven to be true.
father marciel has maintained his innocence, but has chosen not to defend himself, “following the teachings of christ”.
the priest will not be subject to an inquiry, according to the vatican, due to his old age and frail health.
good picture from outside the basilica.
penn & teller discuss the catholic church and their involvement in anti-homosexuality efforts, condom use, and the cover up of the priest abuse sex scandal. they talk with an italian comedian that was punished for criticizing pope benedict the xvi.
article submitted by ug7344 . rome — drug pushers, the obscenely rich, environmental polluters and “manipulative” genetic scientists beware — you may be in danger of losing your mortal soul unless you repent. after 1,500 years the vatican has brought the seven deadly sins up to date by adding seven new ones for the age of globalization. the list, published yesterday in l’osservatore romano, the vatican newspaper, came as the pope deplored the “decreasing sense of sin” in today’s “secularized world” and the falling numbers of roman catholics going to confession. the new deadly sins include polluting, genetic engineering, being obscenely rich, drug dealing, abortion, pedophilia and causing social injustice. the catholic church divides sins into venial, or less serious, sins and mortal sins, which threaten the soul with eternal damnation unless absolved before death through confession and penitence. it holds mortal sins to be “grave violations of the ten commandments and the beatitudes,” including murder, contraception, abortion, perjury, adultery and lust. the catechism of the catholic church states that “immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell.” “you offend god not only by stealing, blaspheming or coveting your neighbor’s wife, but also by ruining the environment, carrying out morally debatable scientific experiments, or allowing genetic manipulations which alter dna or compromise embryos,” he said. bishop girotti said that mortal sins also included taking or dealing in drugs, and social injustice which caused poverty or “the excessive accumulation of wealth by a few.” he said that two mortal sins which continued to preoccupy the vatican were abortion, which offended “the dignity and rights of women,” and pedophilia, which had even infected the clergy itself and so had exposed the “human and institutional fragility of the church.” the mass media had “blown up” the issue “to discredit the church,” but the church itself was taking steps to deal with it, according to girotti. read more here.
vatican city (reuters) - the vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven john lennon for declaring that the beatles were more famous than jesus christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame. the comment by lennon to a london newspaper in 1966 infuriated christians, particularly in the united states, some of whom burned beatles' albums in huge pyres. but time apparently heals all wounds. "the remark by john lennon, which triggered deep indignation mainly in the united states, after many years sounds only like a 'boast' by a young working-class englishman faced with unexpected success, after growing up in the legend of elvis and rock and roll," vatican daily osservatore romano said. the article, marking the 40th anniversary of the beatles' "the white album," went on to praise the pop band. "the fact remains that 38 years after breaking up, the songs of the lennon-mccartney brand have shown an extraordinary resistance to the passage of time, becoming a source of inspiration for more than one generation of pop musicians," it said. source
sarah silverman's ambitious plan for feeding the world.
