Is the catholic church a force for good?

[EGross]

The Church does NOT cover up criminal acts. The Church is the body which calls them crimes in THE FIRST PLACE!

It has recently been reported that a group of Vatican members have been blackmailed by the gay prostitutes that they have hired.

Ok, not really a crime.

It has been reported that the Vatican is ware of the acts of pederasty and have been using it's power to keep the offenders out of jail and to transfer them to other locales.

It obviously is not a real crime, just using clout to protect a dying religious structure.

The "Vatileaks" shows an abuse of power and an unwillingness to change.

You are right, nothing really illegal.

What they did to empower the Nazis during the Holocaust was also not a crime, it was just a black mark.

And their refusal of turning over the names of the Jewish children who were saved in WWII, but given over to Christian familes to be raised as good catholics, isn't really a crime either.

While it's earlier history of death squads and torture units certainly would have been called crimes, that's all in the past.

And that's why the head of the church is a living version of Dorian Grey - the corruption is there, but hey, look at those cute red shoes!

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But I would not expect someone with an Avatar of an upside-down man to see reality right-side up!