Why the pope refused to name Archbishop Martin as a Cardinal

Father Tim will never even make monsignor.

The heirarchy of the RCC continues to "protect the church" regardless of the truth. Anyone who does not subscribe to this will not advance.

The Roman Catholic Church should seriously consider allowing Roman Catholic priests to marry. The Catholics of Ireland should demand from Rome to have a nation-wide poll on should or shouldn't Roman Catholic priests be allowed to marry. If Rome and the pontiff will not allow the nation-wide poll in Ireland, then Irish Catholics should stop sending their annual offerings to Rome.

There are two short pieces on YOU TUBE about a twenty year old report, the "Winter Report" from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. I am not familiar with that report but I intend to find it. It shows once again that the Vatican, the then pope and now Pope Benedict XVI as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger knew about what was going on as they always have known. Thes YOU TUBE segments should be watched by all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiPQ-3JTw3k&NR=1 Sister Maureen

Well done, Tim. I'm sure you are one hundred per cent right on this. Perhaps Ireland should reconstitute the Celtic Church, bring back vertical tonsures and make Archbishop Martin its first Pope.

I totally agree with Fr. Tim's take on the present situation in Ireland, especially Benedict's passing over Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and not naming him a cardinal. I anguish with the people of Ireland and I know my great grandparents on my mother's side have long ago turned over in their graves, so to speak, over the gross negligence of Church leadership over so many decades. Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church have been quoted as saying such things as: "It's an American problem." "It's a homosexual problem." "We're no worse than any other institution." From the top down, Church leadership has never once taken responsibility for its institutional failures. Dear Pope Benedict, The Church is worse than any other religious organization because it has a documented history of episcopal cover-up that goes back not decades but centuries. The institution itself has been corrupted. You do not well represent the People of God when you reward complicit bishops like Boston's Cardinal Bernard Law. Shame on you. Sister Maureen Paul Turlish Victims' Advocate New Castle, Delaware maureenpaulturlish@yahoo.com