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Benedict the xvi. ann thompson, let me ask you about this. she s over in rome, it s late there. this is a big-picture question. does the vatican know how deep the trouble it s in? we ve got a new poll out that shows the pope, you don t usually poll the pope. but he s down 20 points among everybody. your thoughts? their thoughts? yeah, and it s not it s not just in the united states. they re seeing similar declines in germany. yes, does the vatican understand that this is a big serious issue? absolutely. does it respond in the way that we are used to having political organizations respond? or multinational corporations respond to a crisis? the answer is, absolutely not. you ve got to remember that this is a big bureaucracy. an i callian italian dominated bureaucracy, and it moves extraordinarily slowly. ....
The washington post. one of the big problems is perception. i don t think they understand the devastating cover-up. one of the situations most appalling is the idea cardinal law who was in boston and knew about the cover-up is now in an exalted position in rome, right next to the pope as if nothing had ever happened. when the pope came and apologized, i think you would call it a non-apology apology. he said he was sorry for those hurt. what he needed to say, this horrible thing happened you to, we apologize, we ask for forgiveness and then we do something to make it possible for reconciliation, ie we open the doors and root out all the evildoers and do something to make sure these people get punished and dealt with. ....
The congregation of the doctrine of faith under pope john paul ii, he read every one of those files on abusive priests, he gets it and he understand it is. the second talking point would be to point to the 2008 u.s. visit that pope benedict made. and when he was in the united states, when was in the united states, when he met privately with those abuse victims from the archdiocese in boston. it was in a very pastoral manner. he listened to those abuse victim, he prayed with those abuse victims and it s against something else officials point to, as evidence at the pope does get this. one thing the cardinal seems to be missing is the reality here. in his letter, comments to the new york city, i think the evidence is clear from the documents that father murphy, he was the abusing priest, was a serial abuser of children. helpless children oftentimes. ....
Benedict the xvi. he wrote to him and asked he be allowed to die as a priest and not be defrocked. there is some implication cardinal ratsinger tried to stop that defrocking process and he say there s no evidence to that. you re making supposition here but there s no proof. thanks for that great report. thanks for staying up late over there. anne thompson in beautiful rome this time of night. i ve been there late myself. with me now is sally quinn. you re not a catholic. let s look at the perspective you have on this as a journalist. what is the pope s problem? can he deal with it? it does remind me a lot about watergate with the catholic church attacking the, n new yo times. that s what happened when the white house started attacking ....
Let s look at the perspective you ve got as a journalist. what is the pope s problem? can he deal with it? it does remind me a lot about water gate with the catholic church attacking the new york times, that s what happened when the white house started attacking the washington post. i think that one of the big problems is perception. i don t think that they understand how devastating the coverup is. and i think one of the whole situations that s most appalling is the idea that cardinal law, who was in boston and who knew about all of the coverups is now in an exalted position in rome right next to the pope, as though nothing had ever happened. and when the pope came here and apologized, it s what i would call and i think in the religious world you call a nonapology apology. he said he was sorry for those people who were hurt. but i think what you need is you need to say, this horrible thing hammed to you, we apologize, we ask for forgiveness, and then we ....