1) Recently Pope Benedict, while “deploring” the abuse of children by “a few” of its “obviously gay” priest — totally ignoring the fact that the child abuse was actually committed by mostly heterosexuals — refused to admit that any Bishop or Cardinal was guilty of anything. He totally refused to admit that there was ANY “cover-up.”
2) Pope benedict has also recently ignored the conclusions of the American Psychological Association and several similar bodies of doctors worldwide, and affirmed the church’s position that homosexuality was indeed a psychological disorder and by that fact gay people were “inclined towards evil.”
3) Pope Benedict has also recently decided to lift the ban of excommunication on four bishop-members of the Society of St. Pius X whose raison d’etre is the rejection of the Second Vatican Council., and who still maintain their anti-semetic views. This society has made the following statements:
“Judaism is inimical to all nations in general, and in a special manner to Christian nations.”
“Catholics are not to enter into commercial, social, nor political relations which are bound hypocritically to seek the ruin of Christendom. Jews must not live together with Christians because this is what their own Jewish laws ordain and also because their errors and material superiority have virulent consequences among other peoples.”
4) And now Pope Benedict has made an offer to accept Anglican and Episcopalian priests, bishops and even whole congregations into full communion with the Catholic Church — so long as they disagree with Anglican decisions to accept women priests and gay bishops. The Anglican priests and bishops can even bring their wives and kids with them.
(While Catholic priests who want to marry and have children STILL MUST leave the priesthood. Of course those priest who have already become Episcopalians and married CAN come back as married priests). And based on past decisions these clergy MAY get divorced and remain in the Catholic priesthood, and even included the Roman Catholic Church’s decision NOT to financially support the divorced wife and the children.
Of course there is also the issue of using contraception. Anglicans CAN use it.
And then there is the case of openly gay Episcopalians Bishop Gene Robinson. One wonders what would transpire if he should opt to become “Catholic.”