German ecumenical group: Pope election a "catastrophe"

[Bluebear]

Are they "bashing" religion? :shrug:
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"Liberal Catholics dismayed":
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8233308

Bernd Goehring, director of German ecumenical group Kirche von Unten, said the election was a catastrophe.

"We can expect no reform from him in the coming years." he said. "Even more people will turn their back on the Church."

Liberal Catholics doubted Ratzinger, 78, could a heal a Church racked by disillusionment and tarnished by sex abuse scandals among the clergy

[mattclearing]

1. Good.

The Catholic Church has been an embarassment to free-thinkers for as long as I've been alive.

Who expected this to be any different?

[Montauk6]

2. OH YEAH... almost forgot...

So, how WILL Mr. Hardline Anti-Relativism deal with the molestation issue?

[roguevalley]

3. he buried it. nothing to see, don't you know?

[AndyTiedye]

7. He Accused The Victims of "Attacking the Church"

And it was he who got Bernard-Above-the-Law safe haven in the Vatican
and a promotion to Cardinal for his pedophile-protecting efforts.

By this appointment the Catholic hierarchy has asserted that
they have the god-given right to fuck us all,
literally and figuratively,
and that they intend to do so.

[Bluebear]

9. I am fearing that is so.

[Spencer10]

10. And

blamed most of the problem on the MSM. It's the press people, not the priests. Try to remember that.

[Fenris]

4. Goehring says you're too conservative!

:evilgrin:

Okay, okay. Different spelling. But I had to say it.

[CHIMO]

5. Leaders Hail New Pope, Liberal Catholics Dismayed

In 2000, Ratzinger branded other Christian churches as deficient, calling Lutherans "absurd" when they complained.

In Latin America, which had hoped one of their own would be elected Pope this time, the choice may be seen as divisive.

Ratzinger had disciplined Latin American priests who backed Marxist-influenced "liberation theology" to fight against social injustice and military regimes in the 1970s and 1980s.

"This is a triumph for the dogmatic, capitalist right," said Argentine theologian Ruben Dri, a professor at the University of Buenos Aires.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8233308&pageNumber=2

Looks like the establishment likes the decision, or is hoping for the best, while the thinkers don't see much light ahead.

[not fooled]

6. ha ha I've never been proud to have been raised Lutheran...

...until now.

"calling Lutherans "absurd" when they complained"

(atheist now of course, after I grew up)

[regnaD kciN]

8. Ummm...was that "hail," or "heil"...?

:evilgrin: