"Pope Francis Tells Nuns and Priests to Cool It with the Porn"

[Kalinychta]

Did he actually use the words “cool it”?

 

[Magna]

Did he actually use the words “cool it”?

I think maybe he said: Refrigescant!

 

[NB79]

The bible says, "if you marry you do good, you don't sin"
And Peter the "first pope" had a wife.
Nowhere in the bible people are told to not marry as a commandment, its personal choice.

I was addicted to porn, i took this seriously since as a christian this is grave, it has been years since i quit, and haven't relapsed. Thanks God.

 

[Jacks Brain]

That's the title of this recent article:

Pope Francis Tells Nuns and Priests to Cool It with the Porn

I'm shocked by this. I'm not shocked that some nuns and priests look at porn. By "some", I'm assuming the number would be extremely small in relation to the number of religious. However, would Pope Francis tell nuns and priests to "cool it" on watching porn if it was only an extremely small number of them relatively speaking? It seems doubtful. That leads me then to think that the number is fairly significant. If so, I find that a bit shocking, disappointing and also a further erosion of trust likely among many Catholics who are already on shaky ground with their view of the church due to the monstrous, worldwide, pervasive sexual abuse scandals.

I have a reference in my notes to a St. Louis Archbishop who said "I didn't know sex with children was a crime." At first I thought he was being disingenous, but on further reflection; no - he said it because sexual abuse of children is in fact so normative within the Catholic church that he literally didn't know it was wrong. I don't think that's explicitly a Catholic problem, either.

 

[Luca]

I have a reference in my notes to a St. Louis Archbishop who said "I didn't know sex with children was a crime." At first I thought he was being disingenous, but on further reflection; no - he said it because sexual abuse of children is in fact so normative within the Catholic church that he literally didn't know it was wrong. I don't think that's explicitly a Catholic problem, either.

Wow, that is unbelievably awful
I can't say I'm surprised though, having experienced sexual abuse as a child, myself...

 

[Jacks Brain]

Sorry to hear you had to go through it.

I think this is how the world works though. If you're familiar with George Carlin's "Big Club" routine - Link.

If you're in the "Big Club" you've been to a place like Epstein Island and done all the bad things to kids on camera, so you can be trusted not to develop a conscience and turn on the "Big Club."