Numb to Anomalies

NUMB—The daily dose of corruption issues that we are now exposed to may have numbed our senses that new disclosures of anomalies no longer jolt or surprise us anymore. We now tend to say:”So, what else is new” and just shrug our shoulders as if this has become usual and ordinary. When we become no longer disturbed by these anomalies that we should all start worrying.  Something is wrong somewhere!

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CELIBACY ISSUE — The issue of celibacy of priests has re-surfaced when several women in Rome (perhaps in some “situation”) wrote a petition to Pope Francis urging for a papal review of the church rule that priests cannot marry. The apostles of Jesus Christ were married and celibacy was not a rule then. In other words, the Church can change (or relax) this rule if it wants to. If you ask me, I’d prefer to keep the rule.  In fact there is now a procedure that grants dispensation in meritorious cases. Priesthood is a sublime calling that sets it apart from the ordinary and the mundane. Let’s keep it that way.

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WORLD PEACE —    Pope Francis, in an unprecedented gesture, invited both the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to visit him in the Vatican to jointly pray (and work) for peace.  Their people have been at war for generations. Other world leaders have so far failed. This can be a breakthrough.  Papal intervention has no political ramifications.

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“DIRTY MONEY” — Retired (but vocal and at times irreverent) Luzon Archbishop Cruz advised church leaders not to receive donated “dirty” money.  Must we all first ask a donor who hands in a donation: “Is this stolen?”

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EXECUTION  — We abolished the death penalty  and effectively stopped government from executing convicted criminals as a capital punishment. Well and good!    But are we doing enough to stop murders and summary executions? Are we doing enough to stop those who execute people thinking they can play God?

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