'hemorrhage' of Catholic priests and nuns
One of those things which has been around from antiquity has been the Catholic church. Indeed, that control exerted upon the people by the church has included torture and execution ... all in the name of God, of course and the evolution of pedophile priests who were protected by the organization for far too long.So now, there appears to be a decline in the numbers of Catholic clergy and novite nuns which has been noticed by the current papal office.
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The AP had a small piece regarding Pope Francis who has concerns involving his perception of a "hemorrhage" of priests and nuns from the Catholic church. Intimating that a loss of clergy is resulting in a weaker church as evidenced by the decline in numbers of priests and nuns in developed countries.
His words came on Saturday at a Vatican religious life gathering where he construed part of the problem is life in a society that discourages lifelong commitments.
It is my unqualified observation that "what goes around comes around" and when you have a number of individuals who really weren't all that religious anyway entering the priesthood hellbent on various forms of carnal sin ...
That allure of torture and murder no longer being part and parcel of the power the church used to wield via the likes of Torquemada nor the likelihood of many continuing to be shuffled around rather than being jailed for child abuse it's more a problem with securing people who are "really" religious and not just playing religion.
The likes of the Borgias, the murder of John Paul I, the intrigue and the mismanaged and misdirected coffers of those funds of the faithful just can't compare to that simple friars life they want to project.