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Was- I fundamentally disagree with you. Please check out this website. www.bishop-accountability.org/

On this point “are largely a thing of the past”

Correct—accountability should apply to everyone. But that’s not the only issue. Society has improved systems to catch and punish abusers. Schools, families, and institutions face lawsuits, arrests, and investigations. What has the Church done? For decades, it protected abusers and resisted accountability. Comparing it to other areas where people actually get in trouble just softens the real problem—an institution that chose its image over its victims.

I am not Catholic but the Pope does have political influence and religious influence.

1Timothy 2:5

how do you feel about the decision?

Nope. Sounds like they are gonna pick someone terrible, though. They seem to swing between left and right just like our political system does.

It would be nice if everyone left Christianity.

No one is excusing abuse by teachers or family members. They’re prosecuted, sued, and publicly condemned—just as they should be. The difference is that the Catholic Church systematically covered up abuse, transferred abusers, and prioritized its image over victims for decades. That’s not just individual failure—it’s institutional complicity. Pointing fingers elsewhere doesn’t erase that. You don’t get moral credit for saying “others do it too” when your institution actively hid it.

Even though I am not catholic, I think the Pope is one of the most influential world leaders - so very interested (and the process they use to pick is fascinating to me).

People cheering for colored smoke like it’s some divine sign. Meanwhile, we’re just watching the next ceremonial ‘peacemaker’ step in as caretaker of a legacy that includes laundering Nazi gold through the Vatican Bank after WWII. Same ritual, different face.

Unholy Trinity: The Vatican, the Nazis, and the Swiss Banks lays it out in detail. archive.org/details/UnholyTrinityTheVaticanTheNazisAndTheSwissBanks
And if you want the U.S. government’s own findings, here’s the 1997 U.S. Treasury report on Nazi Gold. www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/articles-and-papers/assets-report

Following with same interest I do with other world events in the news.

Well the links would have been there if the Trump administration and Doge didn’t purge the records.

www.archives.gov/publications/record/1998/05/nazi-gold.html

Teachers and friends of the family cover it up too. Those who are Catholic priests and do this should be legally responsible just like everyone else. That is the issue. It does happen more in other areas.

Don't forget sheltering pedophile priests

It would be great if they could get back to having a religious leader, a church leader, like it was for centuries, instead of a partisan political advocate. Yeah, I know you can claim most popes, just by the nature of their influence, have political clout. But lately, it's way more than that. It's basically getting in bed with a political movement, and focusing on that more than the essence of their religion.