Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Does anyone really think the Pope's resignation is about anything other than child abuse? [View all]backscatter712
(26,355 posts)44. It may have been the financial scandal, not the child-molestation scandal.
My theory would be a dark and depressing statement about the Church and society in general.
Maladict might have gotten away with covering for priests that were raping children...
...but when he was caught stealing or defrauding money from powerful people and organizations, that did him in.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
65 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Does anyone really think the Pope's resignation is about anything other than child abuse? [View all]
garybeck
Feb 2013
OP
Those cases started long before him and will continue long after him. So, I don't. nt
onehandle
Feb 2013
#2
Probably not true: "Ratzinger is up to his neck in the pedophile scandal."
Jackpine Radical
Feb 2013
#55
IF it is other than health, he must be getting pushed out, so watch who's NEXT.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#3
Yep - he knew what was going on and played a DIRECT role in the Cardinal Law coverup.
yellowcanine
Feb 2013
#30
other popes have been a lot more sick and frail than this and they stayed on until the end. n/t
garybeck
Feb 2013
#19
Yup.. The last Pope was barely coherent at most of his final appearances..
SomethingFishy
Feb 2013
#35
LOL! Popes have stayed in office through illness and died in the saddle for centuries.
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#41
Riiiiight. Bucking 600 years of history has nothing to do with pedophile cover ups.
morningfog
Feb 2013
#62
I'm just saying I don't think the existence of the scandal is enough for him to retire
el_bryanto
Feb 2013
#17
I read somewhere last Friday that the latest investigation includes the Pope. He was aware of the
OregonBlue
Feb 2013
#7
Yes. I don't think there's any evidence the See is terribly concerned about that
Recursion
Feb 2013
#16
I usually don't side with the Pope, but I think he retired for the reasons he said
Taverner
Feb 2013
#20
I do. He is ill and they cannot afford another long term feeble pope like JPII who did nothing to..
JVS
Feb 2013
#25
JPII did nothing to address the pedophile scandal because Ratzinger was actively directing the
yellowcanine
Feb 2013
#32
certainly his resignation right after the release of that 12,000 page report is interesting.
niyad
Feb 2013
#34
He wasn't up to dying in the saddle like all of his predecessors for centuries?
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#45
It may have been the financial scandal, not the child-molestation scandal.
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#44
I think it was his age, because the Vatican does not care what people think of the scandal.
hrmjustin
Feb 2013
#53
I wonder if this has something to do with the Pope's butler releasing documents.
Zen Democrat
Feb 2013
#54