PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Catholics4Change
By SUSAN MATTHEWS
The Pope has chosen Philadelphia as the site for the World Meeting of Families in 2015. Archbishop Chaput called this “a gift to Philadelphia.” Where’s the receipt? I’d like to exchange it for one that includes enforced policies on clergy child sex abuse.
As a Catholic mother, I know how important moral leadership is to families. Sadly, I can’t look to the vatican for it. The hierarchy has rendered itself irrelevant with misplaced priorities. They lost all credibility on the subject of family when child rape wasn’t appropriately addressed here in Philadelphia and elsewhere around the world.
Is this belated pep rally supposed to appease Philadelphia Catholics? Will the Pope meet with the mother’s of the victims left in the wake of Cardinal Bevilacqua’s cover up. Will he help their families recover?
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