Religions are under assault from without, but they also undermine themselves from within. To put it sarcastically, the Roman Catholic Church has worked hard and successfully at destroying its own credibility by refusing (not just failing) to rein in priestly misconduct. Not all, but too many leaders of the RCC from the Pope on down have placed the survival of the temporal institution. the protection of its clerics, and the preservation of its wealth and privileges above its divine mandate. For too many, the hustle is the thing, and the noble aims a sham. The ancient edifice is in dire need of fumigation. To the extent that the RCC has become just another hunk of leftist junk, it should be defunded.
But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. (Matthew 18:6, Douay Rheims)
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