Pope Benedict XVI speaks to America and the World

Thanks to the Lord, for the life of Benedict XVI; he is a priest without fear of promoving the best human values to all mankind (not only cristians-catholics).

One of the saddest issues are the abuse of children from priests! Benedict XVI speaking to reporters on an airplane taking him for his first visit to the United States as pope, he addressed the scandal in the U.S. that has produced more than 5,000 sexual abuse victims since it erupted in 2002 and cost the church more than $2 billion.

“It is a great suffering for the church in the United States and for the church in general and for me personally that this could happen,” he said.

“As I read the histories of those victims it is difficult for me to understand how it was possible that priests betrayed in this way. Their mission was to give healing, to give the love of God to these children. We are deeply ashamed and we will do what is possible that this cannot happen in the future.”

“Who is guilty of pedophilia cannot be a priest,” he added.

The Pope said church officials were going through the seminaries that train would-be priests to make sure that those candidates have no such tendencies. “We’ll do all that is possible to have a strong discernment, because it is more important to have good priests than to have many priests.”

“We hope that we can do, and we have done and will do in the future, all that is possible to heal this wound.”

One of the repercussions of the child abuse scandals in the United States is that lay Catholics across the country are demanding more financial accountability from their bishops and more control over decisions, particularly when it comes to parishes.

Finally, we must remember that the former Cardenal Joseph Ratzinger has taken the decision to condemn and ask the retirement of P. Marcial Maciel (q.e.p.d).

As catholics (specially the laymen) we cannot remain in silence if we see that something rare happens in our parishes. We must defend our faith in Jesus Christ against the enemies of Him, specially inside the Holy Church.

¡GOD BLESS BENEDICT XVI!