{"id":4194,"date":"2010-06-19T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2010-06-19T18:09:12","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T18:09:12","slug":"okey-dokey-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/okey-dokey-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Okey Dokey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via the <a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/blogs\/ncr-today\/pope-sees-devil-behind-timing-sex-abuse-crisis\" target=\"_blank\"><em>National Catholic Reporter<\/em><\/a>, June 11, 2010<em>:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">Since the Catholic sexual abuse crisis erupted a decade ago, there have been numerous attempts to explain its causes, from a lack of fidelity to an over-emphasis on celibacy and clerical privilege. This morning in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI pointed to a deeper unseen force lurking behind the crisis, especially its timing: the Devil.<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s no accident, the pope implied, that precisely as the Catholic church was celebrating a \u201cYear for Priests\u201d in 2009-2010, the sexual abuse crisis once again took on massive global proportions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was to be expected that this new radiance of the priesthood would not be pleasing to the \u2018enemy,\u2019\u201d Benedict XVI said. \u201cHe would have rather preferred to see it disappear, so that God would ultimately be driven out of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;the enemy&#8221; is a traditional Catholic way of referring to the Devil.<\/p>\n<p>The line drew applause from the crowd gathered in St. Peter\u2019s Square for a Mass bringing the &#8220;Year for Priests&#8221; to a close. The Vatican said that some 15,000 priests from more than 90 countries were on hand for the event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3057\/3034791229_3a5fcd0342_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"606\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satan by Hieronymus Bosch (detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via the National Catholic Reporter, June 11, 2010: Since the Catholic sexual abuse crisis erupted a decade ago, there have been numerous attempts to explain its causes, from a lack of fidelity to an over-emphasis on celibacy and clerical privilege. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/okey-dokey-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[489,410],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4199,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194\/revisions\/4199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}