Vatican opens archives for unprecedented exhibit

Show me yours but I will not really show you mine.

Catholic smoke and mirrors.

THE RAT LINE. Years later it became public knowledge that war criminals like Klaus Barbie, Adolf Eichmann, Heinrich Mueller, Josef Bluemle, Franz Stangl and a whole list of other war criminals escaped war torn Europe via the Catholic Church. Most of these men escaped through the work of one man, a Roman Catholic Bishop named Alois Hudal, Rector of the Pontificio Santa Maria dell’ Anima. "During the war Hudal served as Commissioner or the Episcopate for German speaking Catholics in Italy, as well as Father Confessor to Rome’s German community."

Hudal harbored anti-Semitic feelings and his pro Nazi stance was well known throughout the Catholic community. During Hitler’s rule, Bishop Hudal often spoke about the unity between the Catholic Church and the Nazi government.

All my figures come from the respected "bishop-accountability" site. CHECK THEM MY ALL MEANS.

TO YAHOO. Please allow me to respond to the lies of this person. To allow only one side is not in the spirit of open debate.

When Yahoo allows a fabricated post and does not allow a well documented rebuttal, one wonders what is going on.

Vatican Archives' 100 Document Release Shows Cowardly Cover-Up Act (Yahoo News Story)
COMMENTARY | News is circulating that the Vatican will be releasing 100 never-before-seen documents for display in February. While some are applauding the Vatican Archives for making this momentous move towards making the information more accessible, I have to laugh. I see this as the minimum that they can do to move forward. I also see the release of these documents as a way to distract people from asking about the documents that could cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the Holy See.
Governments and companies release documents all the time to the press, publishers or through websites. I have always been someone that was drawn to reading declassified documents, but always hungered for the information that would not be released. While we can always speculate what many of these unseen documents are about, we really do not know for sure, and probably never will. Sometimes something juicy will get out like Project MK Ultra, the Clinton/Lewinsky Scandal or Watergate, but these instances are few and far between.
In the case of the Vatican Archives, very few documents ever see the light of day. Anyone with a history book can tell you about the dark days in the past of the Catholic Church like the Inquisition, the Crusades and the covering up of information about child molesting priests. By not releasing information and documents about the events, the Catholic Church comes off appearing that it does not recognize this history or that it does not want to comment in the hopes that people will forget.
Some of the documents that are being released do have historical significance like the acts of Galileo's trail for heresy and the annulment request of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. These documents, though, do not hold weight against the millions of documents that the Vatican Archives is sitting on. Are they worried that certain documents might ruin the reputations of certain Popes that have becomesaints, or are on the way to sainthood like Pope John Paul II or Pope Pius XII?
Our society runs on information and access to information. Gone are the days that information is only for a select few that have the most money or connections. Information is gathered every second of every day and disseminated to the masses. The Vatican and the Vatican Archives still run on the old antiquated thought of keeping as much away from people as possible

Philippine bishops face probe over illegal gifts

By Romeo Gacad | AFP – Sat, Jul 2, 2011
The Roman Catholic church in the Philippines is probing allegations that some bishops illegally received luxury vehicles from the state lottery.
Bishops named in press reports are to be asked to explain themselves at a Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines meeting on July 8-10, according to the official website of the conference.
Conference president Bishop Nereo Odchimar said he was unaware of such gifts to any church leaders, according to a posting on the website on Friday.
"We will discuss that in the plenary assembly," Odchimar added. "If they (the alleged recipients) will be around, we will be asking also their positions," he added.
The website said one of the bishops named in the reports had denied receiving a luxury sports utility vehicle from the lottery.
Press reports say then president Gloria Arroyo ordered the lottery to buy the vehicles to secure the political support of church leaders, some of whom had openly criticised alleged corruption in her government.
They said the lottery was investigating the possible misuse of 15.32 million pesos ($355,000) of its funds in 2009 and that auditors discovered funds were used to buy vehicles for several bishops and other priests.

Demons are behind the teachings of the church. Notice how the Bible identifies where the church gets their teachings from 1Tim.3:1-3. It is also their source of power. 1John 5:19-21

For all those who are calling on the church to release the documents based on abuse they have. And please people don't just trust ignoramuses like Paul King (Real name Mark Hanau) for your statistics, his are fabricated. Go to the website for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, usccb . org and read the in depth report offered there. No hiding away from anything, just the facts

Seems like everyone has forgotten about all the Jim and Tammys, Jimmy Swaggarts, Robert Tilton lunatics, fallen televangelists and even a few bad Rabbis. You would think your average Catholic priest is a sex-crazed fiend and that sodomy is a Sacrament, although the opposite is evident. Pedophiles are not homosexuals, but it seems that people can't keep that fact in focus, as priests are accused of being both. Never mind that the overwhelming majority of child molesters are family members and friends, or that Doctors, teachers, policemen, firefighters, scout leaders, military schools -- in short, just about everyone you can think of have been guilty. Children molest other children -- but mention "Catholic Priest" and everyone starts in with the altar boy jokes. I think what is behind all this is religious bigotry, and nothing more. The problem is no greater among priests than any other occupation.

The Vatican Archives are part of the Vatican Library. They contain a vast amount of material. According to a recent Rome Reports video, there are some 54 miles of shelves (Wikipedia says 52 miles). Cataloguing and preserving these historical documents is a huge undertaking.

For all those who are calling on the church to release the documents based on abuse they have. And please people don't just trust ignoramuses like Paul King for you statistics, his are fabricated. Go to the website for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, usccb . org and read the in depth report offered there. No hiding away from anything, just the facts

certainly you american do not take criticism that well. you are quick to criticize but ignorant and blind of your history and reality around you. Because you have come to write part of history it does not mean that what you write is the truth.

Displaying "100 select documents," is not opening your archives.

Anti-Semitism is a global phenomenon that has been fostered by the Global Catholic Church since it's inception. All the first three Crusades started with the massacre of Jews in France, Germany and Italy.

The official figures: -
How many priests have been accused?

The U.S. bishops have reported receiving allegations of abuse by 5,948 priests in 1950-2010, or 5.4% of the 109,694 U.S. priests active since 1950.

Ten years ago the Vatican arranged a gathering of historians to go over Pope Pius record during WWII. However once in Rome Father Gumpel made it clear to these historians that he would have sole decision on what they would look at. The historians demanded open access to all the records. When Father Gumpel rejected these demands, the historians packed their bags and went home. The historians were in Rome for less then one day.

Look at History for the answers and you will find there no good war and religons have been the cause of more wars than borders or conquest. That being said remember WAR is HELL and there are no winners. I have fought in 2 and that is 2 to many. Yes the church has blood on its hands from WWII but not just the Catholic church but most of them jewish as well .... so whats new.
Most people hide there dirty deeds and christians, muslin, christians are just people hidding behind religion. Doing good .... being a good person ..... respecting other human beings is not the sole property of any one god. It should and is a basic human right. but the truth of the matter is that every religion since it's beginning has done some wrong against anyone not of there faith and said at the time it was gods will.

Saturday, 18 June 2011
Gibraltar priest in exposure case still working
A Catholic priest from Gibraltar who exposed and fondled himself in front of a waitress is still working in several parishes in metro Detroit, prompting outrage Monday from a support group for victims of priest abuse.
The Rev. Roger Knapp, formerly a pastor at St. Victor Catholic Church in Gibraltar, pleaded guilty in June 2009 to being a disorderly person after police arrested him for exposing himself to a waitress at a Woodhaven restaurant in March 2009.
He was sentenced to nine months of probation and $595 in fines.
But Knapp still "helps out in a number of parishes providing mass coverage," Ned McGrath, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Detroit, said Monday.
"That's shocking," said Matt Jatczak, director of the Detroit chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. "It puts kids in danger."
On Monday, Jatczak sent a letter to Archbishop of Detroit Allen Vigneron asking that he be open and transparent about priests with abuse problems.
Last week, a Catholic priest formerly in metro Detroit, the Rev. Bernard Chojnacki, was arrested on charges of exposing himself to an undercover officer in Florida.
McGrath said there is no evidence the priest committed any abuse while in metro Detroit.

WILMINGTON, Del. - July 6, 2011 (WPVI) -- A Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to felony theft after being charged with embezzling more than $350,000 from two parishes of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.
The Rev. Cornelius Breslin entered the plea in New Castle County Superior Court on Wednesday, the same day he was to go to trial on charges of stealing from St. Patrick and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception parishes.
The 59-year-old Breslin pleaded guilty to one count of felony theft over $100,000. Prosecutors agreed to drop a second theft count and two counts of falsifying business records.
Breslin will be sentenced Sept. 23, following a presentencing investigation. Sentencing guidelines call for up to one year in prison.
Breslin was indicted in February after diocesan officials reported suspicious financial activity to the attorney general's office.

One of the biggest fouls on the church is this idea that we are disconnected to God. Anyone should be able to read any of that stuff. Keeping it a secret doesn't make sense.