| Subject: Let's see what real people say about this Pope |
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Date Posted: 17:29:12 04/07/05 Thu
In reply to:
Clement LO
's message, "悼念教宗若望保祿二世燭光晚會" on 16:31:06 04/07/05 Thu
'Intensely anti-woman'
This pope has been intensely anti-woman, if not explicitly, then in the effects of his policies. Likewise, his policies were anti-child in refusing to control the sex abuses and cover-ups in the American church. He talked about valuing life, but his actions were negative and authoritarian. His legacy will be a divided church without the flexibility to respond to environmental and social crises ahead. And he was just one head of just one of the world's religious groups; he did not deserve the one-sided saturation coverage the media has given him.
L. Larson, Princeton, N.J., USA
Lack of leadership during priest abuse scandals
Pope John Paul II should be best remembered for his total lack of effective leadership during the priest abuse scandals. Rather than immediately ridding the priesthood of those who harmed the children, and the bishops who enabled them, he turned his back on the entire situation.
Don Howlett, Gladstone, Mich., USA
Any legacy of social justice was crippled by this Pope
It is more than apparent to many in the world that any legacy of social justice was crippled by this Pope especially in Latin America where the multitude cries out for relief from the oppression of post-colonialism and the acquiescence, by the church, to subjugation of a majority of the population to a ruling class. The support for an entertaining ministry, competitive with the evangelical Protestants gaining broader support in these countries appears to be his greatest legacy. The silencing of activist priests and the preference for Roman showmanship to attract or retain the faithful will be one of his shallowest legacies.
Wm. Mcintyre, Napa, Calif., USA
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