Oh, they got it all wrong!
One of my morning activities includes reading some major papers online. This morning I saw this Op-Ed by Nicholas Kristof who writes for the New York Times. Mr. Kristof has been reporting from the Sudan this week. Like many, he too has reflected on the latest apparent cover-up by the Catholic Church of priests that have abused children. This time, though, it reaches to the Vatican and maybe even to the Pope. Kristof is in the Sudan and filed this Op-Ed about what he is witnessing as the real Catholic church serving forgotten people. Here are two paragraphs. Click the headline to read more.
Who Can Mock This Church?
by Nicholas Kristof | May 1, 2010As I’ve noted before, there seem to be two Catholic Churches, the old boys’ club of the Vatican and the grass-roots network of humble priests, nuns and laity in places like Sudan. The Vatican certainly supports many charitable efforts, and some bishops and cardinals are exemplary, but overwhelmingly it’s at the grass roots that I find the great soul of the Catholic Church.
Sister Cathy would like to see more decentralization in the church, a greater role for women, and more emphasis on public service. She says she worries sometimes that if Jesus returned he would say, “Oh, they got it all wrong!”