The New York Times isn't famous for favoring the Vatican but they have a good point here -- the lack of media sense and broader leadership is striking. Here is Toronto the local leaders did something in today's homily but it was merely local:
VATICAN CITY - When countries are threatened or institutions are in trouble, they look to their leaders to show the way out of the crisis.
The Vatican is in trouble, its moral authority sapped by mounting allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests in the past and cover ups by bishops supervising them.
But strong leadership from the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church is hard to discern. Pope Benedict rarely mentions the crisis and some aides have made things worse with comments that are mostly defensive and sometimes offend.
Catholic leaders argue the Church is not like secular bodies such as governments or companies, which is true. But it does live in the world and is judged by its legal standards when clergy commit crimes or the hierarchy covers them up.
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The Vatican's responses to this crisis, sometimes bordering on the bizarre other times bordering on offensive (and crossing right over into offensive) actually demonstrate how out of touch the Vatican has become with its parishioners. One can argue theology all they want, the real problem with the Vatican is that it is filled with old men that are out of touch.
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