Talking about the "things that matter most" on March 10
4:00 – In Philadelphia, Fears That Abusive Priests Still Active
Three weeks after a scathing grand jury report said the Archdiocese of Philadelphia had provided safe haven to as many as 37 priests who were credibly accused of sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior toward minors, most of those priests remain active in the ministry. Matthew Bunson, co-author of Pope Benedict XVI and the Sexual Abuse Crisis: Working for Reform and Renewal, joins us for analysis.
4:20 – Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites...and Other Lies You've Been Told
According to the media, the church is rapidly shrinking, both in numbers and in effectiveness. But the good news is, much of the bad news is wrong. Sociologist Bradley Wright uncovers what's really happening in the church: Christians are more respected by secular culture now than they were ten years ago; divorce rates of Christians are lower than those of nonbelievers; Christians give more to charity than others do. Wright reveals to readers why and how statistics are distorted, and shows that God is still effectively working through his people today.
5:00 – Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem To The Resurrection
Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, and no myth, revolutionary, or misunderstood prophet, insists Benedict XVI. He thinks that the best of historical scholarship, while it can't "prove" Jesus is the Son of God, certainly doesn't disprove it. Indeed, Benedict maintains that the evidence, fairly considered, brings us face-to-face with the challenge of Jesus-a real man who taught and acted in ways that were tantamount to claims of divine authority, claims not easily dismissed as lunacy or deception. Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem To The Resurrection is Pope Benedict XVI’s follow-up to Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordon to the Transfiguration. Fr. Joseph Fessio joins us today as the book is released in Rome.
5:40 – In Philadelphia, Fears That Abusive Priests Still Active
Three weeks after a scathing grand jury report said the Archdiocese of Philadelphia had provided safe haven to as many as 37 priests who were credibly accused of sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior toward minors, most of those priests remain active in the ministry. Matthew Bunson, co-author of Pope Benedict XVI and the Sexual Abuse Crisis: Working for Reform and Renewal, joins us for analysis.
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Looking forward to this. The priest scandal in PA scares me. I thought this was cleaned up. I want more details. We are loosing our ability to save souls by our destruction of the church. Clean up the seminaries and return to orthodoxy, the problem is so simple!
ReplyDeleteAl, please ask if these are active parish priests, how credible are the allegations, IE are there some on the fence. If so, why did the public entity say they are credible. What does credible mean, someone 'says' somethign happened and it may not have actually happened. There are groups making things up so allegations need to be fleshed out and proven. Additionally, how old are these allegations. IE, did the alleged abuse happen 1-4-8 years ago or was it 30 years ago. Also, the ages of these priests to see if they are a product of seminaries before much clean up has occurred.
ReplyDeleteThe following questions may sound flippant, but I don't intend them to be. I really would like someone to try to answer them.
ReplyDeleteWhen a priest sexually abuses a minor, the priest and the minor are not the only ones present. The priest has a guardian angel and so does the minor. It's my understanding that our guardian angels are at our side at all times.
What were the guardian angels doing when the abuse occurred? They didn't stop it from happening. Why not? Did they ask God what to do? If God told them not to intervene, how did they feel about having to stand by and watch the abuse happen right in front of their eyes? I can only imagine their feelings of disgust and helplessness.