Pope Francis has said that it's unfair to apply modern standards to the Catholic Church's sex abuse cover up.
Speaking to reporters in Tallinn, Estonia, on Tuesday, the Pope suggested that everyone covered up crimes in the past, and that the Catholic Church shouldn't be singled out.
But that is the point, Your Holiness.
The leadership within the Catholic Church was just as corrupt and immoral as those in the secular world.
Only one standard should have mattered then as it must matter now: the obligation on the part of the Shepherds of the Church to minister the Gospel truths and the Sacraments and to be examples of Faith to those entrusted to their care.
The red herrings of colonizing and converting pagans and upholding the traditional teachings of the Church regarding the death penalty which the Pope raises are baseless and embarrassing, coming as they do from the Vicar of Christ.
Pope Francis said he was not excusing the Church's actions.
But if his latest words do not constitute an excuse, then I do not know what does.
While in in Estonia, Francis told a crowd that he was aware that many young people felt the Church had nothing to offer them.
I am not sure that is true.
What might be more accurate to say is that this Pontificate, devoid as it increasingly appears to be of the guidance of both Scripture and Tradition, has nothing to offer young people or anyone else.
With each passing day, the Pope’s comments as well as the statements of his closest advisers seem stranger and more foreign to the ancient moral values embraced by the Church.
I have served as a Priest for over four decades, but find myself wondering what has happened to the Church and its clear and consistent voice of dignity, honor, truth and righteousness.
These are confusing and sad times for the Body of Christ.
We need to put our trust in the Lord and the Holy Spirit to guide us through these trials to our faith.
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