tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006673250886122803.post8980832949613916720..comments2023-04-24T10:58:04.691-04:00Comments on The Monk who Stole the Cow: Complicity theories. Blessed John Paul II and the Legion of ChristJack Keoghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17382043901379998330noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006673250886122803.post-11209742083377810002011-05-04T16:46:19.733-04:002011-05-04T16:46:19.733-04:00This brought to mind something I heard Episcopalia...This brought to mind something I heard Episcopalian author, Philip Jenkins, say during an interview on Catholic Answers years ago. He was discussing his book on Anti-Catholicism and, in particular, the priest sex scandals in the US at the time. The interviewer asked him if he thought the Church would recover from this. He said (from his British viewpoint) something to the effect of (and I am extremely paraphrasing: You Americans need to remember that the US is not the Church. The Catholic Church is large and the majority of it does not have these scandals. This is an American problem and, as that, a small problem for the Church.<br /><br />I don't think he was minimizing the gravity of any particular scandal, and I realize that all sin hurts the body of Christ. It just reminds me of our "western-centric" mindset. I would bet that the Catholic Church in most other parts of the world is not "reeling" from the Maciel scandal, if they even know about it at all. LC/RC was, and is, very prevalent and influential in North America and I think that taints our impression of their influence everywhere else. But the Church is much bigger, and I am sure JPII spent only a sliver of his on anything LC/RC related.pomannoreply@blogger.com