Archbishop Dolan right to slam NY Times for anti-Catholic articles

I gave up on the nytimes years ago. It is better than a shetl newspaper written for a limited audience I did a search through the NYTimes search engine on priest and sex was nearly always attached to the link, even though the story had nothing to do with any sex scandal I just imagined some brillo headed Larry Fine type snickering as he created the database and just as good looking!

I agree with glorybe1929 to some extent. But I have to ask glorybe1920 to prove that Jesus Christ was wrong in appointing a feeble Rock, Saul, as the first bishop of his church, and that His Holy Spirit was wrong in appointing every other bishop of the Roman, Greek, Alexandrian, Muscovite, Bostonian, Alaskan, Irish, Jerusalem or Chinese et al Christian Churches. Please provide evidence that the Jesus event was wrong.

Every Newspaper and every human being with a concience bigger than the Pope and his cohorts SHOULD BE ANTI-CATHOLIC!!!(And that's a pretty small concience, if it's one at all) The RCC is not a religion of Jesus Christ but a religion of MAN. Masquerading as it was the first and foremost of all of Christianity. What a lie of the Devil. St Paul warned the new Christians that there were MANY imposters in their little groups, that were teaching a gospel other than the Gospel that Jesus Christ taught them. St Paul said "even if they come to you as Angels ,do not listen to them"! Some did and you have what is called the bastardation of Christianity. Shameful but true. The Devil got his hooks in and his followers ran with it. Now's the Time to give it back to the devil and his cohorts. AND find what REAL CHRISTIANITY IS ALL ABOUT! IT'S SO WONDERFUL.

Good article. Every eejit and his dog know that the NY Times is anti-Catholic.

Hotdubliner- the Catholic Church does teach, as Christ did, that He (God) is Love. However, God is also Just and Exacting. Love does not mean having an "anything goes" attitude - that is to say, it is not love to merely follow the ways of the world. The ways of the world are not the measuring standard for Christians - all following the ways of the world leads to is moral relativism which is a major threat to society. Christ is the One Whom Christians should be using as their moral compass. Yes, Christ preached love, but he was most certainly not shy about challenging the outlook of contemporary society, and certainly did not back away from condemning those who pretended to be following God's law but were simply using the Law to suit themselves. The Church, by the way, acknowledges that we are all sinners, and therefore we can all count ourselves as unworthy - however it teaches that ALL should be treated with respect. Respect, however, does not mean condoning a particular action - real love does not does not do this either. Real love and respect for the dignity of the individual means taking them as they are, but wanting better things for them - this is what the Church does.

As long as any religious organization engages in "non-religious behaviour," i.e., discrimination/failure to include, the rights and dignity of those individuals deemed "unworthy" in its eyes, said religion will be held up to ridicule and derision. Look people, Jesus (and many other prophets) supposedly claims "God is Love" .... but I beg the question, Where is the Love? Where's the respect? Where is our willingness to acknowledge that an individual's right to belong to any faith, or one's choice to opt out, appears to be simply gone with the wind? Until universal respect for individual choice exists, we'll be in the same boat for, oh about another millennium, or two! "God Bless us, everyone" (Charles Dickens)

Irish Tierney, I agree with the first part of your post, regarding Catholic bashing, and support soon to be Cardinal Timothy Dolan. As to the second matter, please learn the difference between pedophilia, statutary rape, and consensual dating between 2 adults, which I have attempted to illustrate. You are right, in a way-nobody should care if a professor (college level) goes out with an adult student. The teacher shouldn't be subject to "discipline" if he/she is seen at an off campus restaurant, or movie theater with the student. Anyone who disagrees should himself/herself "get a life", as this is a matter of Civil Rights! It could also be a matter of Constitutional Rights, if the school is a public institution.

All can be 'bashed' in a fun way or? That is all except Muslims! --- WOW! That could bring a death sentence, and Obame just told us he'll allow (sic), 80,000 Muslims to migrate to what's left of OUR America. Isn't that good of him? What a guy! Just wish he liked America, maybe just a tiny bit???

The Archbishop is right. It's still okay to bash us Catholics, and Christianity in general for that matter. A complete double-standard. If people spent more time worshiping, helping out in their communities, and doing unto others, this world would be a much better place! How in the world could any adult get sexually aroused over a child or teenager. I just don't get it. Pedofiles should be castrated. Political correctness should be put to death. Who gives a rats-ass if the professor can't a student, I've got more important things to worry about. Definately won't be visiting Dank's facebook page there singledonald! Get a life!

eirighamach, Great statement, regarding PC! If you are on Facebook, visit Barry Dank's page. He is a retired professor, who has a Group called "Sexual Consent on Campus". It is a defense of consensual dating, between professors & students, which directly challenges "dating bans", which many PC oriented college administrations have passed. I have joined the group, and have contributed many comments on the professor's log, The Dank Professor. Prof. Barry taught in the California University system, though he is originally from Long Island. He now resides in Arizona. Do check out his Facebook page, and also his Dank Professor log.

In reply to haikued2: Political correctness, PC, is a set of behavioral rules enacted by college administrators-- NOT professors-- in their attempts to defuse conflict among students of different genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities, political affiliations, etc. With various forms of censorship, and PC IS a heavy-handed form of censorship, practiced by other groups on the increase, the college classrooms of US public universities and non-church-affiliated private colleges and universities may become the last stand of freedom of speech. The professoriate and its organizations, such as AAUP, continue to defend academic freedom, that "fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth is found." Catholic colleges in recent generations, have, in general, enforced compliance of teaching with church doctrine. With that group of exceptions, however, freedom of speech is alive and well in most college and university classrooms despite the silly rules one can find in codes of student conduct.

I agree with SingleDonald again. I'm no fan of celibacy--for anyone. Guilt-tripping over sex has taken a heavy toll: Phoebe Prince, the young man from Rutgers who jumped from the GWB, many others, and much anguish. I think it is a mistake to opt for a religion that makes marriage a sacrament rather than a sacramental rite with blessing as most Christians consider it. The status of "sacrament" invites theologians into the bedroom to legislate what consenting adults may and may not do sexually. If human relationships are not free of the control of authority figures, what's left of freedom to enjoy? Sex itself can get dull without a spirit of adventure and occasional flights of fantasy. Sin? I remember being told once by a Franciscan monk that God created us to experience joy, not suffering.

SVCMalcolm' I must disagree with you on a couple of your statements. 1- Homosexuals, like heterosexuals, can be attracted to those of younger age, so long as those members are adults, at or least past the age of consent. Is it wrong for a straight baby boomer guy to like women from Generations X & Y ? 2-Pedophiles go after kids who are pre puberty. For an adult to seek someone past puberty, but under the age of consent, it is considered sexual misconduct, or in the worst case, statutory rape. 3- I challenge your "95% of pedophiles are heterosexual" assertion. I conceded that "Type 3" pedophiles exist, such as the pervert who abused Steven Staynor, for 7 years. I'm not homophobic, but wish the gay community wouldn't blame all their woes on the heterosexual population! This reminds me of a homosexual preacher, in Milwaukee, who said that Jeffrey Dahmer was actually straight! Jeffrey was straight like Father Ritter was straight, and I am gay! I wish to be fair to people, but would like them to be more realistic,rather than to use their agenda to deflect most blame away from the gay community!

To gmtsource: blah, blah, blah, blah,blah, blah, blah.

The RC church in the states takes itself very seriously -- almost humorously so. I have yet to see anything "anti-Catholic" although it may be called that by paranoid RCs or those who wish to recall the 'good old days' when the only church was the RCC. HAve a sense of humor; don't over react; if you want to try to run people's lives and impose unreasonable and theologically questionable rules, then you are ripe for criticism. WAke up. Catholics are nothing special. All church-goers as well as religious people in general need to understand that religion is intended to assist people, not restrict them.