Very Sad Times...

This evening while sitting in my hotel room, I saw a story on Facebook that had been on Huffington Post.  It was in their "Religion" section, a section title that could actually be called the "anti-Catholic" section, and was about Father John Corapi and how on his way out, he had blasted the Catholic Church.  I listened to his press release, and I did not hear him "blast" the Church.  While most of the article was a fairly accurate portrayal of the event, you could see how it was another attempt by the Huffington Post to smear the Catholic Church.

My main reason for posting is not because of the story itself, but because of the comments that were under this story and so many of the stories that have to do with the Catholic Church.  Here is one from this article, it mirrors those from other stories I have read:  "What's sorely needed for the entire Catholic church is a dose of REALITY!!! And the reality is...... the time has come for this despicable church to breather its last gasp!' 

It is so sad to see how the comments about the stories quickly turn into hateful, vicious attacks against the Church itself.  This story was no different.  Father Corapi was called many names and very few remarks were favorable.  Though I do not agree with how he handled the situation, it does not warrant him being attacked.  I am having a hard time understanding why these attacks on the Church happen, many from members of other Christian faiths!  I cannot remember the last time I heard a Catholic attack another denomination.  I understand there is the whole sex abuse scandal, but name one denomination out there that doesn't have a scandal of some sort of their own.   In those, the person is the subject of the abusive comments and it goes away.  For some reason, if the Catholic Church is involved; a priest, nun, deacon, lay person., the attacks go on for a long time, often by the mainstream media with little regard to facts.

As the Church stands against topics it has stood against for many years, abortion, genetic engineering, protection of the Sacrament of Marriage as being between a man and a woman, the names have been flung again.  The Church is only following what it believes to be natural and intended by God.  There is no hatred or bigotry being spewed by the Church, but those people who have waged war against the family would have you think so. 

We truly are at war within our own country.  The very moral fiber of our country is being torn apart by the senseless killing of our own children, interfering with the reproductive process (birth control), and the destruction of the natural family.  Our children are under attack by garbage being sold to them in the form of games and music and television that would have given our grandparents heart attacks.  We have, for some horrible reason, kicked God out of many aspects of our lives, and then have the nerve to wonder why life seems so tough and with so much suffering.  These truly are sad times.