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y: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com (y) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:05:57 +0800

kung itatanong sa madla kung alin relihiyon ang may doktrinang maayos at wasto ang pangaral,iyan ay ang doktrinang kristiyano.

napapansin lang lagi ng mga kritiko ang kasalanan ng mga kristiyanong lumabag sa batas ng Diyos at tao dahil malaya ang media ipagkalat ang ganon balita samantalang sa mga muslim na bansa ang mga balitang hindi maganda sa paningin ng Diyos at paningin ng mga matinong tao hindi naibabalita sa buong mundo dahil takot ang mga media sa muslim world ikalat ang maling gawain ng mga muslim.

isa pa ano pa nga ba ang pwedeng ibalita na pagkakamali ng mga muslim kung ang lahat ng mali sa kanila ay tama.

totoo na marami sa kristiyano ang abusero at gumagawa ng kademonyohan pero hindi ibig sabihin pabor ang Diyos at tao sa kanilang mga masamang ginagawa,malinaw na labag sa batas ng Diyos at tao ang kanilang ginawa at dapat lang silang maparusahan ayon sa mga nagawa nilang kasalanan.

panahon ni Moses kung anu-anong kademonyohan at kabaliwan ang pinaggagagawa ng mga tao dahil wala naman batas sa kanila nagbabawal na wag gawin yon dahil kasalanan sa Diyos,gayunpaman kahit ipinagkaloob na ng Diyos kay Moses ang Sampung Utos ng na dapat sundin ng mga tao pero marami pa rin ayaw sumunod patunay na maraming tao ang mas gustong gawin ang ikaliligaya ng demonyo.

kaya kaunti nga lang ang makakapasok sa Kaharian ng Diyos dahil halos lahat ng tao sa buong mundo sa demonyo gusto sumunod kung saan wala sa kanila nagbabawal na wag gawin ang masama dahil iyon pa nga ang gustong-gusto ng demonyo ang gumawa ng kasamaan ang mga tao.

muslim,buddhist,hindu,etc. etc. halos karamihan sa kanila sa demonyo sumasamba,humihiling na silaý bigyan ng masaganang buhay,suwerte at kung anu-ano pang makalupang pagnanasa.

ngayon alin sa mga relihiyon ang sa tingin nyo ang may doktrinang wasto at tunay na galing sa tunay na Diyos hindi sa demonyo?

Anonymous: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com () — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:43:33 +0800

Ang tanong yan ba ang aral ng relihiyon na pinakakalat ninyo o after lang kayo sa collection?

Ibig sabihin kahit pa masama sa relihiyon ninyo basta malaki lang mag abot sa kongregasyon ay absuwelto na at gayahin kuno ang mga gawi ng ibang relihiyon? Nasan ang power ng pagpapinuno ninyo kung di kayo sinusunod? Kasi buking kayo na after lang kayo sa koleksyon!

Gomburza: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com (Gomburza) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:00:23 +0800

Papal letter fails to calm anger over Irish abuses

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 28 mins ago
DUBLIN – Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church failed Saturday to calm the anger of many victims, who accused the Vatican of ducking its own responsibility in promoting a worldwide culture of cover-up.

Benedict's message — the product of weeks of consultation with Irish bishops, who read it aloud at Masses across this predominantly Catholic nation — rebuked Ireland's church leaders for "grave errors of judgment" in failing to observe the church's secretive canon laws.

The pope, who himself stands accused of approving the transfer of an accused priest for treatment rather than informing German police during his 1977-82 term as Munich archbishop, suggested that child-abusing priests could have been expelled quickly had Irish bishops applied the church's own laws correctly. He pledged a church inspection of unspecified dioceses and orders in Ireland to ensure their child-protection policies were effective.

He also appealed to priests still harboring sins of child molestation to confess.

"Openly acknowledge your guilt, submit yourselves to the demands of justice, but do not despair of God's mercy," he wrote.

But Benedict offered no endorsement of three official Irish investigations that found the church leadership to blame for the scale and longevity of abuse heaped on Irish children throughout the 20th century.

The Vatican refused to cooperate with those 2001-09 probes into the Dublin Archdiocese, the rural Ferns diocese and Ireland's defunct network of workhouse-style dormitory schools for the Irish poor.

The investigations, directed by senior Irish judges and lawyers, ruled that Catholic leaders protected the church's reputation from scandal at the expense of children — and began passing their first abuse reports to police in 1996 only after victims began to sue the church.

Nor did Benedict's letter mention recent revelations of abuse cover-ups in a growing list of European nations, particularly his German homeland, where more than 300 claimants this year have alleged abuse in Catholic schools and a choir long run by the pope's brother.

In the latest development, the leader of the German Bishops Conference apologized Saturday for failing to protect children adequately from a pedophile priest in the early 1990s in his diocese of Freiburg. Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, who was in charge of human resources and staffing at the time, said he should have done more to investigate the priest, who was forced into retirement in 1991 and committed suicide four years later when fresh complaints arose.

Rights campaigners in Ireland and abroad forecast that more victims in more nations will keep coming forward and opening new fronts of criticism, because the pope's promotion of secretive canon laws remains at the heart of an unsolved problem.

"We know this policy of secrecy was worldwide. The more that victims speak out, the more the scandals will spread," said Marie Collins, who was repeatedly raped by a Dublin priest while aged 13 and hospitalized in 1960. Her attacker wasn't removed from the priesthood and imprisoned until 1997.

While a cardinal at the Vatican, Joseph Ratzinger, now the pope, wrote a 2001 letter instructing bishops worldwide to report all cases of abuse to his office and keep church investigations secret under threat of excommunication. The Vatican insists the secrecy rules serve only to protect the integrity of the church's investigations, and should not be taken to mean the church should not tell police of their members' crimes.

But victims' advocates in Ireland and the United States said the pope again failed to make it clear whether the church considers the secular law a higher priority than canon law when seeking to stop a pedophile priest.

"The letter's underlying goal seems to have been to appease the outrage while keeping the church in control of its incriminating information," said Terry McKiernan, president of a Web-based pressure group, BishopAccountability.org, that chronicles Catholic abuse scandals worldwide.

"He should have demanded that the bishops release all pertinent files and other information about all credibly accused priests. He should have demanded that every complicit official be named publicly and forced to resign," McKiernan said.

Irish victims' leaders are seeking the resignations of any bishops who transferred pedophile priests to new parishes rather than report them to police — a demand that, if applied, would likely claim the majority of Ireland's 27 bishops, given their failure to tell police of any crimes until 1996. But the pope has yet to accept even the three-month-old resignations offered by three Irish bishops linked to Dublin Archdiocese cover-ups.

The Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pope's letter contained no punitive provisions because it was pastoral, not administrative or disciplinary in nature. He said any decisions concerning resignations would be taken by the competent Vatican offices.

Benedict faulted the Irish bishops for failing "sometimes grievously" to apply the church's own laws requiring child-abusing priests to be removed from the priesthood. But he didn't rebuke them for failing to report abuse to police, saying instead they must prevent future abuse and "continue to cooperate with civil authorities."

He also repeated an excuse for the bishops' inaction that has been rejected by the Irish investigations — that they didn't understand the scale or criminality of child abuse until recent years.

"I recognize how difficult it was to grasp the extent and complexity of the problem, to obtain reliable information and to make the right decisions in the light of conflicting expert advice," Benedict wrote in remarks addressed to the Irish bishops.

However, the Irish investigators forced the church to hand over its copious files on abuse cases dating back to the 1950s. They unearthed a paper trail confirming the Irish bishops' successful acquisition of group liability insurance in the 1980s, a decade before the deluge of lawsuits. And they found cases where Catholic officials in the 1960s reported school employees to police for abusing children, showing they understood even then it was a crime.

Andrew Madden, a former Dublin altar boy who in 1995 became Ireland's first pedophile-priest victim to go public with a lawsuit against the church, said the pope had missed the whole point of a meaningful apology.

"I don't need the pope to apologize for the child abusers. I, and untold thousands of victims like me, needed the pope to apologize for the church hierarchy's role in choosing to protect the abusers at the expense of children. That's the real scandal, and the pope has been involved in that. He's not an innocent bystander," Madden said.

Massgoers arriving Saturday at central Dublin churches and in Armagh, the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland, were greeted with piles of the pope's letter. Some lauded its readability and frank tone.

"I thought it was lovely. I thought it was very moving, and I hope it brings some help to all the victims," said one Armagh worshipper, Annette O'Hara. "They're the ones we should be praying for."

But outside a Dublin church, truck driver Tomas O'Reilly said he doubted the pope's sincerity and was unhappy with putting money in the collection plate. "I don't want to be paying the church's legal bills. They've only themselves to blame," he said.

At the Vatican, Lombardi was peppered with questions about why Benedict didn't directly address the German scandal or take the opportunity in the letter to make a more sweeping commentary on the global dimensions of the scandal.

Lombardi said the Irish scandal was unique in its scope, but said the pope's letter could be read to apply to other countries and cases.

"You can't talk about the entire world every time," he said. "It risks becoming banal."

Anonymous: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com () — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:18:50 +0800

(CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he is "truly sorry" for the abuse suffered by victims at the hands of Catholic priests in Ireland.

The pope directly addressed the church abuse crisis that has rocked the Irish Catholic Church in an 18-page letter, which was made public Saturday. It is expected to be read in churches across Ireland on Sunday.

"I have been deeply disturbed by the information which has come to light regarding the abuse of children and vulnerable young people by members of the church in Ireland, particularly by priests and religious," the pope wrote.

Read Pope Benedict XVI's letter in full (pdf)

"I can only share in the dismay and the sense of betrayal that so many of you have experienced on learning of these sinful and criminal acts and the way church authorities in Ireland have dealt with them."

The deeply Catholic country has been badly shaken by a government-backed report that found the Archdiocese of Dublin and other Catholic Church authorities in Ireland covered up child abuse by priests from 1975 to 2004. Child sexual abuse was widespread then, the report found.

Church abuse scandal goes global

The head of the church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, apologized this week for his role in the church's investigation of an abusive priest in 1975.

Brady's office said he investigated the priest, who was later convicted of dozens of counts of child abuse, and reported his findings to his superiors. But critics say Brady should not have remained silent about what he learned.

"No one imagines that this painful situation will be resolved swiftly," Benedict said in his letter.

Contributing factors to the crisis can include inadequate procedures for determining suitable priesthood candidates, insufficient moral and spiritual formation in seminaries, and "misplaced concern for the reputation of the church and the avoidance of scandal," the pope said. He called for them to be addressed urgently.

The pope acknowledged the crisis has shaken people's faith and even turned many away from the church, saying it has "obscured the light of the Gospel to a degree that not even centuries of persecution succeeded in doing."

Benedict then addressed the victims of abuse and their families, recognizing the tragedies they have been through.

"You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry," he says. "I know that nothing can undo the wrong you have endured. Your trust has been betrayed and your dignity has been violated. Many of you found that, when you were courageous enough to speak of what happened to you, no one would listen."

According to Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, the pope started thinking about writing the letter last summer after the publication of the Ryan report -- one of three separate reports on sexual and physical abuse by Irish clergy that has come out since 2005.

The Ryan report, published in May 2009, investigated abuse in Catholic-run institutions primarily from 1936 to 1970. Many of the alleged abusers in the 2,600-page report were not priests, but nuns or Catholic lay people.

The pope says he expressed "shame and remorse" and asks the victims not to lose hope.

Scandal shatters faith in Catholic Church

"I know some of you find it difficult even to enter the doors of a church after all that has occurred," he says.

"I pray that, by drawing nearer to Christ and by participating in the life of his church -- a church purified by penance and renewed in pastoral charity -- you will come to rediscover Christ's infinite love for each one of you."

Next in the letter, the pope turned his attention to the priests and religious officials who have abused children. He sharply criticized them and said they must answer to the authorities.

"You betrayed the trust that was placed in you by innocent young people and their parents, and you must answer for it before Almighty God and before properly constituted tribunals," he says. "You have forfeited the esteem of the people of Ireland and brought shame and dishonor upon your confreres."

He added, "Together with the immense harm done to victims, great damage has been done to the church and to the public perception of the priesthood and religious life."

The pope urged guilty priests to "take responsibility" for their sins and "seek to atone personally" for their actions.

"Openly acknowledge your guilt, submit yourselves to the demands of justice, but do not despair of God's mercy," he said.

Lombardi said guilty priests should follow the laws in their own country and cooperate with justice authorities, as well as follow the church's rules. Benedict proposed several concrete steps to address the situation, including asking the Irish faithful to pray for the church for one year, starting at Easter.

But he also announced an apostolic visitation of certain Irish dioceses, seminaries, and congregations. Such visitations are actually Vatican investigations; the church held one in the United States after the clerical sex scandal in 2002.

The letter is specific to Ireland and did not address similar scandals now coming to light in other European countries like Austria and Germany. Lombardi said the pope is aware of the situations in those countries, but did not think it was appropriate to address all of them in Saturday's letter.

Pinay: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com (Pinay) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:15:33 +0800

Naintindihan mo ba yung sinulat mo?

Wawa ka naman, yan yung sinasabi ninyo na walang karapatan ang kababaihan? Kita mo nga umaayaw? Yan din ang katotohanan na hindi tinatago sa media ang nangyayari katulad ng mga sabi ninyo? Yan din ang katotohan na hindi lang binibili ang muslim na kababaihan.

"The girl’s father and the registrar who conducted the marriage said they went ahead with the marriage, as there is no law prohibiting it. The father also claimed he based his judgment on the child’s physical development and not her age."

pinublish mo di mo pala naiintindihan...hahaha sampal yan sa mga sinasabi ninyo!!!

Take note batas lang ng tao ang nagsasabi na kapag below 18 ka at 21 ay minor...paki tignan nga ang Biblia ninyo kung may age na sinasabi kung kailang ka pwedeng mag-asawa?

PADRE DAMASO: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com (PADRE DAMASO) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:05:49 +0800

Sorry sa mga na rape kong musmos, at mga boyz choir, pari naman ako eh, di ako makukulong at saka marami ang nagtatakip sa katarantaduhan namin. Di ako makukulong dahil may immunity kami...sorry na lang masarap kasi mangmolestiya ng mga kabataan eh...bawal sa amin mag-asawa kaya patago nalang. Sorry na lang ha?

Kaya pala maraming Kristiyano ang gumagawa ng illegal,dahil sa mga tagapagturo na immoral not the muslim world...punta ka ng kulungan i tally mo yung dami ng muslim sa xtian...kahit pa sa middle east ka pumunta para malaman mo naman at hindi haka-haka lang....

Anonymous: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com () — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:01:54 +0800

San sinabi ni Jesus sa Biblia na siya ay Diyos??? O propaganda lang para maka kolekta ng maraming pera?

Kaya nga sinabi na compare yung nakasulat sa evilbible sa bibliang hawak mo.....i dont think may pinagkaiba dahil bible ang source niyan...pero dahil makakasira sa kolection ng kristiyanismo ide-deny nila yan kahit pa pareho ang nakasulat.

pedo: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com (pedo) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:36:55 +0800

RIYADH: A 12-year-old girl who was married off to an 80-year-old man in Buraidah has dropped her request for a divorce just one day before a court hearing to annul the marriage.

A source at the Human Rights Commission (HRC) said the girl, her mother and legal representative came to court and withdrew the request.

The girl failed to appear in court on Monday when the hearing was originally supposed to be heard. Her legal representative did not provide a valid reason for her absence.

The HRC, which had formed a committee to investigate the marriage, was stunned that the girl had dropped her request. “No one really knows the real reason behind the change of heart,” said the source, adding that although the HRC cannot interfere in people’s personal lives, it would continue lobbying for a minimum marriage age.

The case has attracted a lot of interest. The girl’s father married her off to his 80-year-old cousin in exchange of SR85,000 in dowry money. However, the girl’s mother, who is separated from her father, accused the man of raping her daughter.

The girl had also told a local journalist over the phone that she “doesn’t want him, save me.” When the mother’s lawyer failed to get the marriage annulled, she brought the case to the attention of the Kingdom’s media.

Saudi Arabia has signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which defines a child as any person under the age of 18. Article 16.2 of The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which Saudi Arabia is a signatory of, states that “the marriage of a child shall have no legal effect, and all necessary action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify a minimum age for marriage and to make the registration of marriages in an official registry compulsory.”

The Kingdom, which ratified the convention in September 2000, did so with the stated reservation that “in case of contradiction between any term of the Convention and the norms of Islamic law, the Kingdom is not under obligation to observe the contradictory terms of the Convention.”

The girl’s father and the registrar who conducted the marriage said they went ahead with the marriage, as there is no law prohibiting it. The father also claimed he based his judgment on the child’s physical development and not her age.

On his part, the groom said he had not done anything wrong and that “the contract is valid and meets all marriage conditions.”

sarap maging muslim lahat legal hehehehe ano p hinihintay nyo CONVERT NA!!

y: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com (y) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:29:07 +0800

kaya marami sa kristiyano ang gumagaya sa immoral na gawain ng mga muslim kasi nakikita nila sa muslim world na hindi kasalanan ang mag-asawa ng marami at paslit...so don´t blames it all to christian people but to your muslim people as well.

kung mayroon man relihiyon sa mundong ito na tama ang doktrinang pinaiiral yon ay ang doktrina ng Diyos,kung lahat ay susunod sa doktrina ng Diyos wala sanang gulo ang kaso marami ang mahina ang pananampalataya sa Diyos kaya sila natutukso lumabag sa batas ng Diyos.

gaya nila Eba´t Adan mahina silang labanan ang tukso.Ang taoý sadyang marupok kaya madaling matukso.

sa muslim wala na silang lalabagin batas dahil ginawa na nilang legal ang pag-asawa ng marami at pumatol sa paslit.

y: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com (y) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:15:43 +0800

kaya naman pala kalaswaan ang nababasa mo sa sinasabi mong biblia dahil biblia ng demonyo ang binabasa mo,isa pa hindi lahat ng kristiyano ay katoliko may mga kristiyano na hindi katoliko gaya ng INC.,BA,SDA,JW,Protestante atbp. pero kristiyano sila dahil ang pinaniniwalaan at kinikilala nilang Diyos ay si Hesus Kristo.

gaya ng sinabi ko na sa taas hindi po lahat ng kristiyano ay maliligtas at hindi lahat ng kristiyano nakakasunod sa sampung utos ng Diyos kaya kahit kristiyano sila hindi ibig sabihin ay mga mabubuting tao na sila dahil marami sa kanila ay naligaw ng landas gaya ng mga pari na sa halip na maging ehemplo ng mabuting gawa sila pa ang lumalabag sa batas ng Diyos gayun paman mayroon ng nakalaan parusa sa kanila ang Diyos.

alam ng lahat ng kristiyano na kasalanan sa Diyos ang suwayin ang utos ng Diyos pero marami pa rin sa kristiyano ang nadadaig ng tukso kaya sila nakakagawa ng pagkakamali.

sa islam ang mali ayon sa doktrinang kristiyano ay tama para sa inyo kaya alin Diyos ang nagpapatunay na hindi nya gusto ang gawain kademonyohan?

wag mo ng igiit ang mga maling nagawa ng mga kristiyano dahil hindi iyon ang pinagdedebatihan natin dito,ang tinatalakay ko ay kung anong klase ng pangaral,doktrina ang kaloob ng Diyos na kinikilala at sinasamba ng bawat relihiyon....makatarungan ba,makatao ba at makaDiyos ba ang pinapairal nilang doktrina?

tungkol sa seksuwal,sa Kaharian ng Diyos wala ng seksuwalidad na magaganap dahil wala ng magtatalik doon dahil wala ng makakaranas ng kalibugan dahil lahat ng makalupang bagay ay hindi na muling mararanasan ng mga taong maliligtas.

pero sa paniwala nyong mga muslim mayroon pabuya sainyo si allah lalo na sa mga lalaking muslim na nagtiis wag titikim ng babae dito sa mundo(para sa akin isang kabaliwan ang paniniwalang yan)magtitiis kang wag tumikim ng babae dahil sa pagnanasa mong sa kaharian ni allah 70 birhen babae ang naghihintay sayo.

pasensya ka na pero isang uto-uto at kampon ng demonyo ang pwedeng mapaniwala mo sa paraisong pangako sainyo ng kinikilala nyong diyos na si allah.

sabagay karamihan naman sainyong mga muslim mga tanga at uto-uto.

Anonymous: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:51:30 +0800

O heto ang katotohan, huwag ninyong isisi sa muslim ang kademonyohan...arar-araw mababasa mo yan, pero ano para sa iyo kasi normal lang ang kasamaan sa mga krisitiyano kaya di masama....

Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholic world03/20/2010 | 07:28 AM

More Share DUBLIN – Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal here — a message being watched closely by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.

The church is only beginning to come to terms with decades of child abuse in its parishes and schools. The scandals first emerged in Canada and Australia in the 1980s, followed by Ireland in the 1990s, the United States this decade and, in recent months, Benedict's German homeland.

Victims' rights activists say that to begin mending the church's battered image, Benedict's message — his first pastoral letter on child abuse in the church — must break his silence on the role of the Catholic hierarchy in shielding pedophile clergy from prosecution.

That includes abuses committed decades ago under the pope's watch, when he was Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger of Munich, as well as the pontiff's role in hushing up the scandals.

As leader of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ratzinger was responsible for a 2001 Vatican edict that instructed bishops to report all cases of child abuse to Vatican authorities under strict secrecy; it made no mention of reporting crimes to police.

"Is it not time for Pope Benedict XVI himself to acknowledge his share of responsibility?" said the Rev. Hans Kung, a Swiss priest and dissident Catholic theologian.

"Honesty demands that Joseph Ratzinger himself, the man who for decades has been principally responsible for the worldwide cover-up, at last pronounce his own mea culpa," Kung said.

Benedict, who served as archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982, has yet to speak about the hundreds of abuse cases emerging since January in Germany.

These include the Rev. Peter Hullermann, who was already suspected of abusing boys in the western German city of Essen when Ratzinger approved his transfer to Munich for treatment in 1980.

There, Hullermann was allowed contact with children almost immediately after his therapy began. He was again accused of molesting boys and was convicted in 1986 of sexual abuse. He was suspended this week for ignoring a 2008 church order not to work with youths.

Dirk Taenzler, director of the Federation for German Catholic Youth, said his members were appalled by the revelations of abuse in church-run schools and choirs — and wondered why the pope had yet to address his fellow Germans.

"Everyone is suffering from the church's bad image," Taenzler said. "It is an issue in every congregation and everyone is trying to cope."

Benedict's successor in Munich, Archbishop Reinhard Marx, said the pope's letter to Ireland "will of course affect us. The pope always speaks for everyone. It is not ... for specific groups or countries. That word will also be important for us."

Marx said the pope should not be expected to take responsibility for abuses committed by individual priests. "We expect the pope to take a stand on everything every time, but we are responsible for what happens here," he said.

In the United States, where several dioceses have been driven to bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits, activists called on the pope to be candid about his own failings — and for bishops to be held accountable.

"So far the church hierarchy has been very short on accountability. They've had to be pushed to come clean about their responsibility for anything," said Dan Bartley, president of Voice of the Faithful, a Catholic lay group that lobbies for reform within the church. "He needs to call for any bishops involved in the Irish crisis to resign. But unfortunately we're not expecting that."

Ray Flynn, former US ambassador to the Vatican, said the pope has been slow to speak publicly about the church's abuse crisis because he lacks media savvy, not because he wants to stonewall critics or doesn't care about victims. "He is a very quiet, unassuming, non-pretentious man," Flynn said.

"He's got to be transparent, forthcoming, right out front and point the finger where the blame is," he added. "I think the truth will set you free, and that's what people want."

No country has been harder hit by the child-abuse scandals than Ireland, a nation of 4 million that has paid out more than $1 billion to some 13,000 victims. Victims' advocates say they are tired of hearing church apologies that contain no acknowledgment of how bishops under Vatican direction let child molesters operate with impunity.

"What we probably will get — I hope I'm wrong — are a lot of expressions of regret and sorrow and apology about the horrors of child abuse in the past. I've heard that so often now," said Marie Collins, one of Ireland's most prominent campaigners for victims' rights.

"I want to hear apologies for the actions of the church hierarchy."

Collins, 63, was repeatedly raped by a Dublin priest, Paul McGennis, while in a children's hospital in 1960. Irish bishops knew at the time about McGennis' pedophilia — even confiscating his collection of nude photos of children — but didn't bar him from the priesthood until 1997, shortly before his conviction for abusing Collins and another girl.

Such cover-ups have undermined much of the Irish hierarchy including its leader, Cardinal Sean Brady.

On St. Patrick's Day, Brady apologized for his failure to tell police about evidence he gathered in 1975 from two altar boys molested by the Rev. Brendan Smyth. Smyth kept abusing children until he was finally convicted in 1994. The scandal triggered the collapse of the Irish government.

Three Irish government-ordered investigations from 2005 to 2009 documented the abuse of thousands of Irish children by priests in their parishes and by nuns and brothers in boarding schools and orphanages. Irish bishops did not report a single case to police until 1996 after victims began to sue the church.

Some church scholars say Benedict has sought to encourage a church crackdown on abusers and are hopeful that Saturday's message might offer a fresh start for the church worldwide.

"If we do take serious and proper steps, the house can be cleaned and the church will improve for it," said the Rev. John Wauck, a commentator on Vatican affairs.

"I think that's something to look forward to with hope. I imagine the letter will be quite hopeful and forward-looking," Wauck said. — AP

Anonymous: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:48:11 +0800

Just read this para malaman mo ang sinasabi mo www.evilbible.com

Yan Biblia na ninyo yan, just compare sa hawak mong bible or don sa pinapangaral mo! BAka inaalis mo yan kapag nangangaral pa at sabihin lang yung magagandang nakasulat sa biblia? Pagkukunwari yan parang mga pari.... naka abito pero ano...mga sex abusers, pidopilya,, tapos sabihin mga muslim daw!

y: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com (y) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:08:06 +0800

kung may mga kristiyanong suwail sa utos ng Diyos,wala naman silang pinagkaiba sa gawain ng mga muslim na nag-aasawa ng marami at paslit.

hindi lahat ng kristiyano ay mabubuti at maliligtas kaya wag ka ng magtaka kung maraming kristiyano ang gumagawa ng kademonyohan dahil sila ang mga taong mahina ang pananampalataya sa Diyos dahilan para manaig ang udyok ng diablo na mahikayat silang gumawa ng kademonyohan.

ang punto ko lang sa relihiyon muslim hindi bawal ang kademonyohan dahil sang-ayon pa nga sa kademonyohan ang inyong relihiyon dahil ang sinasamba nyong diyos ay walang iba kundi ang diablo.

evil gods promotes evilism.

Anonymous: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:56:06 +0800

O heto ang kagandahan ng pagiging Kristiyano....Holy Week kuno na binababoy pa....

Cebu, Pampanga provinces move to prevent repeat of Holy Week 'scandals'03/20/2010 | 10:27 AM

With Holy Week fast approaching, authorities in Cebu and Pampanga provinces have made moves to prevent a repeat of the “scandals" that hounded last year’s observance of the Holy Week.

Radio dzXL reported the Cebu provincial government vowed to arrest people and groups who stage bikini shows during this year’s Holy Week.

Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said authorities will particularly keep close watch over Bantayan Island, where last year’s scandal occurred.

Garcia said she does not want a repeat of a show where sexy stars including Maui Taylor and Jennifer Lee held a bikini show during the Holy Week.

The show prompted the city government to file charges against the sexy stars and the organizers of the show.

Last Feb. 19, Lee personally apologized to Governor Garcia at the provincial capitol. Taylor was not present at the time as she was supposedly sick. [See: ‘Hot Babe’ apologizes to Cebu gov for bikini show in 2009]

Women's rights advocates

On Saturday, radio dzRH reported Lee and Taylor started to make amends for their offense by being ambassadors for women’s rights by presiding over a meeting of women in Cebu Friday.

Both actresses said they were thankful they got a chance to redeem themselves after the Cebu provincial government eased up on charges against them for last year’s incident.

Also on Friday, Taylor and Lee faced a local court for mediation and reconciliation on their case.

Cutud crucifixions

Meanwhile, in Pampanga, local authorities in San Pedro Cutud village in San Fernando City have banned foreigners from taking part in this year’s Good Friday crucifixions.

This was after a foreigner made fun of the rites last year.

City councilor Jimmy Lazatin told the Union of Catholic Asian News in an interview that they want to keep the rites “solemn."

The UCAN also noted that despite the popularity of the crucifixion, the local archdiocese frowns on the tradition known as the Cutud.

Cutud is a tourist activity drawing thousands of people yearly but does nothing for the teachings of the Church.

“The archdiocese tolerates the Cutud, but would rather it not take place. It is folk religiosity but not one we favor at all," said San Fernando, Pampanga Auxiliary Bishop Pablo David.

“Whether or not foreigners take part in the ceremony is no concern to us [diocesan Church officials]," he added.

Public crucifixions in San Pedro Cutud village, 70 kilometers from Manila, began in 1962 when aspiring faith healer Artemio Anoza, acting as Christ in a play had himself nailed to a cross.

On Good Friday, officials of San Pedro in San Fernando organize the Cutud festival attempting to reenact the passion and death of Christ.

Father Arnulfo Serrano, parish priest of Santo Niño Parish near San Pedro, said his flock has no interest in Cutud and focuses on liturgical celebrations of the Church.

“The Church does not sanction these private pious acts" and parishioners know it, the pastor said.

“When some of my parishioners join the scourging on Holy Thursday, most cover their faces so we would not recognize them," he said.

He notes some flagellants believe they are doing “penance" and strengthening their faith.

Priests make themselves available for extra hours hearing confessions and inviting Catholics to fast and do charitable work, he said.

“Some of our practices for Lent and Holy week have a rich tradition here, such as Dakit Kordero," Father Serrano pointed out.

“We use all the official rites of the Church as well and do not need the Cutud," he added. — wit a report by Nikka Corsino/LBG, GMANews.TV

Anonymous: All-out war in Mindanao

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:45:20 +0800

BAka ang sinasabi mo pabor ang mga Pilipino sa mga Kristiyano dahil pwedeng mag SEX ABUSE at PIDOPILYA ang mga PARI? hehehe binabaliktad mo ang istorya...take note pari si G. Mercado. Kapag Pari ka at nang rape ka di ka makukulong maaalis ka lang sa listahan...kaya san pa kayo...hala na SAKAY NA! magpari na tayo!