LA PLATA, Argentina, Sept. 10 — A simple wooden cross hanging from his neck, the Rev. Rubén Capitanio sat before a microphone on Monday and did what few Argentine priests before him had dared to do: condemn the Roman Catholic Church for its complicity in the atrocities committed during Argentina’s “dirty war.”
“The attitude of the church was scandalously close to the dictatorship” that killed more than 15,000 Argentines and tortured tens of thousands more, the priest told a panel of three judges here, “to such an extent that I would say it was of a sinful degree.” The panel is deciding the fate of the Rev. Christian von Wernich, a priest accused of conspiring with the military who has become for many a powerful symbol of the church’s role.
The church “was like a mother that did not look for her children,” Father Capitanio added. “It did not kill anybody, but it did not save anybody, either.”...
The complicity of the Roman Catholic church with the enemy in WWII is well known, and yes, it is important to meet the foe head on.
I'd also like to issue a Manners Moment here for sermonaudio posters in general: there is a SERIOUS problem with cynicism and sarcarm in the postings (almost on every thread), but calling a respected poster "Jim the Dim" is rude and simply wrong.
Sometimes prudence is the better part of valor, and Jesus said to be "cunning as serpents and innoncent as doves". However, Jim the Dim would rather meet the foe head on and give him thousands of Christians to butcher thus saving the devil the trouble of eliminating his only rivals. Perhaps Jim would perfer to be be cunning as doves and innocent as serpents? Let us know how that works out Jim?
Dr. Alan Cairns | 8/3/2009
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