Archive for 'Catholic church'
Power, police and paedophile priests
Posted by John, November 14th, 2012 - under Catholic church, Paedophilia, Police, Power, Priests.
Comments: 5
The problems are systemic and require systemic solutions, not band-aids. All capitalism can give us, given the importance of the police and religion to the system and the power they have, is band-aids and Royal Commissions.
Until the privileged position and power of the police and priests is overthrown there will be more deaths and injuries at the hands of police and ongoing abuse of children by priests and others.
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Of penises and priests, placards and protestors
Posted by John, September 23rd, 2012 - under Catholic church, Child abuse, Children, Muslims, Placards, Sexual abuse.
Comments: 11
The State and capital will attack the Other – whether it be indigenous Australians, Muslims or refugees – for their own benefit. They will not investigate one of their own, in this case the Catholic Church over child abuse, unless there is real pressure from below to do so.
In defence of the Greens
Posted by John, August 8th, 2010 - under Bob Santamaria, Catholic church, George Pell, Gillard Government, The Greens.
Comments: 6
The main reason for Cardinal Pell’s outburst was not morals but money. The Greens question funding to private schools at the expense of public schools. Pell, in defending the privileged schools, looks to me much like the money changers in the Temple.
Priests, paedophilia and papal protection
Posted by John, April 2nd, 2010 - under Catholic church, Paedophilia, Pope.
Comments: 10
Something is rotten in the State of Vatican City. The New York Times has made allegations that the present pope, Benedict XVI, protected known paedophile priests in Germany and the United States. Benedict’s statement to Irish victims of the Church’s reign of terror against children and subsequent cover up was an apologia for the Church, not [...]
Jesus Christ – rebel without a Claus
Posted by John, December 25th, 2009 - under Catholic church, Christianity, Religion, Santa Claus.
Comments: 6
The industrial revolution and the expansion of capitalism worldwide commodified all human relations, including Christmas. Thus the traditions of the past became objects of profitability.
Tony Abbott: the anti-Santamaria
Posted by John, December 1st, 2009 - under ALP, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, Bob Santamaria, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Catholic church, Emissions Trading Scheme, Rudd Government, Rudd Labor, The Liberals, Tony Abbott.
Comments: 1
That’s the bind for the Liberals. How do they win back the support of the ruling class as a class? Certainly voting against the ETS won’t do that.
The Church and gay marriage in Canberra
Posted by John, November 25th, 2009 - under Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, Canberra, Canberra Greens, Canberra Labor, Catholic church, Christian reaction, Equal love, Gay marriage, Homophobia, homosexuality.
Comments: 2
Here in the Australian Capital Territory the Labor Party (in minority Government) supported a Greens’ Bill giving legal recognition to same sex unions which passed just under 2 weeks ago. Federally the homophobic and anti-equal rights Rudd Labor Government will suggest changes to the Act which effectively gut it. The local Catholic archbishop weighed in [...]