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Basketball’s Gay Paragon

By FRANK BRUNI

I heard a lot of talk Monday about how “perfect” Jason Collins, the basketball player who just came out, is. Perfect as in straight from central casting. (Or maybe I should say gay from central casting.)

He went to college at Stanford. Roomed there with Joe Kennedy III. Was in the same class as Chelsea Clinton, who tweeted her congratulations to him for the courage she said he was showing.

Seven feet tall, he’s strapping even by the brawny standards of the National Basketball Association, and his designated role on the court, as a human roadblock against the most physically imposing opponents, is an aggressive one.

“I’m not proud of it, but I once fouled a player so hard that he had to leave the arena on a stretcher,” he writes in the cover article of the new Sports Illustrated, the one in which he becomes the trailblazer so many of us have been waiting for: the first active athlete in any of America’s four major professional sports leagues to acknowledge his homosexuality.

He mentions his Christian values. “I take the teachings of Jesus seriously, particularly the ones that touch on tolerance and understanding,” he says, getting in a deft dig at religious extremists. And he notes that he hopes to start a family of his own.

But none of these biographical details, none of these remarks, stayed with me the way the first paragraph of the article, whose co-author is the journalist Franz Lidz, did. It’s built from three short sentences:

“I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m black. And I’m gay.”

The gay part will now define him, in the public eye, more than any other. It will be the prompt for the loudest cheers he basks in and the nastiest jeers he sloughs off.

But in the opening paragraph, it comes after his age and occupation and race, getting no more space, in that one passage and for that brief moment, than other aspects of his identity. It’s a detail among many, but not the defining one.

That’s the integrated way that things should be, the unremarkable way a person’s sexual orientation ought to be lived and perceived. And that’s precisely what Collins and his fellow trailblazers are trying to move us toward: not a constant discussion of the rightful place and treatment of L.G.B.T. people in America, but an America in which the discussion is no longer necessary. He’s letting us focus on his gayness precisely so we can focus less on others’ down the road.

I point that out because I know that some conversation in the days to come, perhaps not public discussion but certainly private grumbling, will include questions about why Collins has to rock the boat, why the news media is paying such lavish heed to him and why gays and lesbians in general make such a fuss of things. I know this from my in-box, where some readers routinely tell me that they’d be less bothered by homosexuals if we’d just please shut up about it.

Many of us want to, and will: when a gay, lesbian or transgendered kid isn’t at special risk of being brutalized or committing suicide. When the federal government outlaws discrimination against people based on sexual orientation, which it still hasn’t done.

When immigration laws give same-sex couples the same consideration that they do heterosexual ones. When the Defense of Marriage Act crumbles and our committed relationships aren’t relegated to a lesser status, a diminished dignity.

When a Rutgers coach doesn’t determine that the aptly ugly garnish for hurling basketballs at his players’ heads is the slur “faggot.” When professional football scouts don’t try to ascertainthat potential recruits are straight.

When an athlete like Collins can be honest about himself without he and his co-author having to stress that he’s a guy’s guy, a godly man, someone who stayed mum about himself before now precisely so he wouldn’t disrupt his teams or upset his teammates, someone who’s inhabited locker rooms for 12 seasons already without incident.

When a gay person’s central-casting earnestness and eloquence aren’t noted with excitement and relief, because his or her sexual orientation needn’t be accompanied by a litany of virtues and accomplishments in order for bigotry to be toppled and a negative reaction to be overcome.

When being gay doesn’t warrant a magazine cover or a phone call from the president, any more than being 34 or being black does.

If you read all of Collins’s article, and you should, you’ll come away realizing that the gay part of him was and is so big only because his world — by which I mean America, and by which I mean pro sports — made it so.

From now on, he says, “I want to be genuine and authentic and truthful.” Those are adjectives and attributes also worth dwelling on.

The New York Times

“I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m black and I’m gay,” Jason Collins writes in an article for Sports Illustrated, which was published online Monday morning.

The announcement makes Mr. Collins a pioneer of sorts: the first player in the N.B.A., N.F.L., N.H.L. or Major League Baseball to come out while still pursuing his career.

N.B.A. Center Jason Collins Comes Out as Gay

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Jason Collins, 34, who will be a free agent on July 1, started his essay in Sports Illustrated: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m black. And I’m gay.”

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The Vatican has demanded the resignation of the Archbishop of San Juan (Puerto Rico), Roberto González Nieves, accused ofprotecting pedophile priests and to use the cathedral for political acts. The priest, in a letter to Cardinal Ouellet , defends accusations and complaints " falsehood and misrepresentation "of them.

The Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan, Roberto González Nieves, said last February that made several accusations against theCardinal Marc Ouellet , prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and his secretary, Monsignor Lorenzo Baldisseri at a meeting on 15 December last year in Rome in which he also asked him to resign his position.

"At that meeting, I was told that I had to give up the See of the Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico and to request another assignment in the Church.'s I njusticias, persecution, defamation, misrepresentation of facts, unfair trials and biased sources can never be right for the resignation of a bishop, or just cause therefor. therefore this server wants to state that never give to the Archbishop of San Juan Office when there is no reason for it, "theletter dated Feb. 20 that was given by a station (NotiUno).

"During the meeting, I was read a long list of accusations against me and caused me great consternation surprised first by the falsity of the misrepresentation and , and second, because I understood that my guilt prejudged. De Indeed, I have not clear whether the charges were findings of facts and of being so, what research arose because of the facts that I composed, and which possess irrefutable evidence, never could finish as indicated in the meeting , "the six-page document.

Among the aspects by which you say are the protection of pedophile priests s, an investigation without jurisdiction the Rev. P. Edward Santana, shared residences and theAltar of the Fatherland .

González also indicated in writing that he was forbidden to talk about it, but admitted having consulted confidentially with several leaders of the Catholic Church as the Archbishop Felix Lazaro, Bishop of Ponce and Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio, bishop of Mayagüez. He also commented on the issue with the Cardinals Bernard Law, Joseph Levada and Sean O'Malley .

The issue was also consulted confidentially with the archbishop of Tegucigalpa, CardinalOscar Rodriguez Maradiaga and the New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan . Gonzalez Dolan further authorized to talk about the situation with Cardinal Rigali.

In addition, the Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan mentioned in the letter that spoke to the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller as the four topics mentioned above "of rising charges or accusations competition are in the first instance, his pontifical council ".

Nieves said that the apostolic visitation by the Congregation for the Clergy "has lasted over a year (from October 25, 2011 to present) and SER conducted Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, Archbishop of Guayaquil" and that the delegate apostolic, BE, Archbishop Jozef Weslowoski warned about the possibility of new visits surprises.

He noted that tried unsuccessfully to contact the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Mauro Picaenza and that during the apostolic visitation was forbidden to make ecclesiastical appointments.

Also shown on the chart, that even you have not received the final permit for the sale of Colegio La Milagrosa though Monsignor Celso Morga Iruzubieta this transaction notified confligía with the apostolic visitation.

"I feel confident and empowered it to any forum that aquilate in righteousness, and according to the test right both to my advantage, as that which could be used against me will come out the moral integrity of this server , its diligence in administration of ecclesiastical goods, diligence in addressing cases of ecclesiastical discipline and that my interventions in public affairs have been inspired by Catholic social doctrine of the Church and the evangelical principles , not partisan politics or ideological " concludes the letter.

(Rd / Agencies)

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Letter: Vatican asked archbishop to quit

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Issued : Monday, April 29, 2013 02:27 PM

San Juan Archbishop Roberto González Nieves declined to comment deeply Monday on reports that the Vatican requested his resignation from the top Catholic Church post in Puerto Rico.

A document published in local media indicates that the Vatican asked González Nieves in a December meeting in Rome to step down and seek reassignment.

The document is purportedly a response by González Nieves in February, in which he refuses to quit.

“Injustices, persecutions, defamations, twisting of facts and unjust or biased processes do not provide just cause for a bishop to resign,” the letter attributed to González Nieves reads. “Therefore, this servant wants to make it clear that he won’t resign as San Juan archbishop when there is no reason to do so.”

On Monday, the archbishop said he would not address the document in the media.

“Any correspondence or alleged correspondence between this servant and the Holy See that deals with an internal matter will be handled only with the Holy See,” he said in a statement.

“I ask the Catholic people and people of good will to pray for the Catholic Church and this servant,” he added. “I also urge that the truth that sets us free comes to light in this matter.”

The Vatican had previously appointed the archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador to examine complaints of politicking by González Nieves. It has not commented on the probe.

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El Arzobispo de San Juan enfrenta graves imputaciones de parte de el Vaticano

González Nieves ha sido vinculado al cardenal Bernard Law, encubridor de los escándalos sexuales en la catedral de Boston. El Vocero/Archivo/Willín Rodríguez

El arzobispo de San Juan, Roberto González Nieves, aseveró que no renunciará a su cargo pese a la solicitud que le hicieron altos funcionarios del Vaticano hace unos meses en medio de una investigación por alegadamente proteger a sacerdotes pedófilos, la controversia del Altar de la Patria, entre otras controversias.
La información se desprende de una carta emitida por el prelado  el pasado mes de febrero como contestación a los señalamientos contra el cardenal Marc Ouellet, prefecto de la Congregación para los Obispos y su secretario, el monseñor Lorenzo Baldisseri en una reunión el 15 de diciembre del año pasado en Roma en la que además le pidieron que renunciara a su cargo.
“En esa reunión, se me indicó que yo tenía que renunciar a la Sede Arzobispal de San Juan de Puerto Rico y que pidiera otro encargo en la Iglesia. Las injusticias, las persecuciones, las difamaciones, las tergiversaciones de hechos, los procesos injustos y parcializados jamás pueden ser fuentes de derecho para la renuncia de un Obispo, o justa causa para ello. Por lo tanto, este servidor quiere hacer constar que jamás renunciaría a la Sede Arzobispal de San Juan cuando no hay razones para ello”, indica la misiva fechada al 20 de febrero pasado y que fue divulgada por una emisora (NotiUno).
El Monseñor planteó en la misiva que en esa reunión le leyeron una larga lista de acusaciones contra su persona que le “sorprendieron y causaron gran consternación, primero, por la falsedad de las mismas y la tergiversación de hechos, y segundo, porque entendí que se prejuzgaba mi culpabilidad. De hecho, no tengo claro si esas acusaciones eran conclusiones de hechos y de serlo así, de qué investigación surgieron, porque de los hechos reales que a mí me constan, y de la cual poseo evidencia fehaciente, jamás se pudiera concluir lo señalado en dicha reunión”, añade el documento de seis páginas.
Entre los aspectos por los que se le señalaron están la protección a sacerdotes pedófilos, una investigación sin jurisdicción al reverendo P.  (padre) Edward Santana, las residencias compartidas y el Altar de la Patria.
En un comunicado de prensa enviado el lunes, el arzobispo expresó que atendería el asunto únicamente con el Vaticano, dejando entrever que no haría expresiones a los medios sobre el particular.
“Cualquier comunicación o alegada comunicación entre este servidor y la Santa Sede que trate de un asunto interno y confidencial, solo lo tratare con la Santa  Sede”, dijo González en un breve comunicado de prensa. “También, les invito a orar para que la verdad que nos libera, salga a relucir en este asunto”, dijo.
En la misiva de febrero—desconocida por la opinión pública hasta que fe develada por Notiuno—, González Nieves indicó que le prohibieron hablar del tema. Aunque, aceptó que consultó confidencialmente a varios líderes de la iglesia Católica como el monseñor Félix Lázaro, obispo de Ponce, y el monseñor Álvaro Corrada del Río, obispo de Mayagüez. También comentó sobre el tema con los cardenales Bernard Law, Joseph Levada y Sean O’Malley.
Dijo que almorzó con el cardeal Law, quien es acusado de encubrir múltiples casos de pedofilia en Boston.
El asunto también fue consultado confidencialmente con el arzobispo de Tegucigalpa, el cardenal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga y con el de Nueva York, el cardenal Timothy Dolan. González además autorizó a Dolan a hablar sobre la situación con el cardenal Rigali.
El Arzobispo expresó que es investigado desde el 25 de octubre de 2011 al presente por el monseñor  Antonio Arregui Yarza, arzobispo de Guayaquil y que el delegado apostólico, monseñor Jozef Weslowoski le advirtió sobre la posibilidad de nuevas visitas sorpresas.
Además, señaló que ha intentado infructuosamente comunicarse con el Prefecto de la Congregación para el Clero, el cardenal Mauro Picaenza y que durante la visita apostólica se le prohibió hacer nombramientos eclesiásticos. También indica en la carta, que aún no le han enviado el permiso final para la venta del colegio La Milagrosa.
Aunque la semana pasada González Nieves, evitó responder informaciones de que desobedeció instrucciones con respecto al Altar de la Patria y pidió que los medios corroborarán la información con sus superiores, hoy Notiuno devela otro documento que muestra que sí estaba al tanto de la molestia sobre el Altar.
El Arzobispo le informó a Oullet en otra carta, que conocía de mandato que aparentemente ha pasado por alto.
“Recibí una carta del eminentísimo secretario de Estado fechada el 28 de diciembre de 2012 por medio de la cual me solicita que me atuviera a las indicaciones que me hace la Congregación para el Culto Divino y la Disciplina de los Sacramentos en las cartas del 16 de febrero y del 19 de junio de 2012. Me he imaginado que se refiere al cambio de la denominación del Monumento. El Cardenal Bertone pide otro cambio”, lee la carta.
González Nieves reconoce que se le dijo que era imprudente establecer el “Altar de la Patria”, pero persiste en que no hay problemas políticos, escudándose en que el pasado gobierno levantó una edificación que llamó “Plaza Altar de la Patria”.
El monseñor se defiende al alegar que el exgobernador Fortuño orquestaba un plan para que lo botaran: “Un alto jefe de seguridad del pasado gobierno comunicó a través de su párroco acerca de conversaciones en La Fortaleza entre el Delegado Apostólico, el gobernador Luis Fortuño y otras personas, confabulando para remover a este servidor de la Sede Episcopal de San Juan”, plantea en la misiva.

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Spoken style Your Excellency

Religious style His Excellency

Posthumous style not applicable

On March 26, 1999, González Nieves was appointed archbishop of San Juan by Pope John Paul II.^[3] He was installed as archbishop on May 8 in a ceremony that was attended by many of his friends from Corpus Christi, New York and Boston. Other people who attended included the then mayor of San Juan and future Governor of Puerto Rico Sila Calderón, former Governor Carlos Romero Barceló, as well as other Puerto Rican political figures.

The ceremony also marked the retirement of Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez, who had been the Archbishop of San Juan since 1965.^[4] Aponte Martínez observed that the ceremony marked the first time in history that a Puerto Rican archbishop had handed the see over to another Puerto Rican archbishop.

Almost immediately, González Nieves raised his profile across the island. As archbishop, he has articulated outspoken and often controversial views, particularly in defense of the Navy-Vieques protests and in his denunciation of homosexuality, among other things.^[5] His actions in the Vieques Protests have gained international notoriety, and he has been viewed as a strong Latin-American leader of the Catholic Church.

He has proclaimed his pride in being Puerto Rican, asked the Government to work hard to preserve the national identity of Puerto Ricans, and criticized political corruption in Puerto Rico.^[6]

During the spring of 2006, along with several Protestant leaders, he was instrumental in persuading Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vila, Senate President Kenneth McClintock, and House SpeakerJosé Aponte Hernández to resolve Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis, which had sparked a two-week-long government shutdown.^[7]

In 2009, there was speculation that Pope Benedict XVI might name Nieves as the Archbishop of New York to replace Cardinal Edward Egan.^[8]

Styles of Roberto González Nieves

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	His Excellency
Posthumous style	not applicable

Archbishop delivers Mass for García Padilla

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Issued : Tuesday, January 1, 2013 11:55 PM

San Juan Archbishop Roberto González Nieves called for an administration that governs with morals rather than governing morality in a Mass attended by Gov.-elect Alejandro García Padilla at Santa Teresita Church in Santurce on Tuesday.

The Mass came just a day before the Popular Democratic Party leader is sworn in as Puerto Rico’s tenth popularly elected governor.

González Nieves, the highest ranking Catholic Church official on the island, said the economic and violent crime crises in Puerto Rico stem from spiritual and values crises.

The archbishop spoke directly to García Padilla several times during his sermon.

“As governor you are tasked with governing a Puerto Rico where the Christian foundation dates back more than 500 years,” González Nieves said.

“Puerto Rico is not just terrorized by high crime, but by the atrocity with which it is committed,” the archbishop added.

González Nieves struck a hopeful tone in his sermon.

“There are more of us who love life than take it,” he said.

González Nieves defended the Catholic Church’s positions on abortion and same-sex marriage, while also touching on the issue of the separation of church and state.

“The separation of church and state doesn’t imply the separation of government and God,” he said in a sermon marked by the themes of justice, peace, solidarity and family as the bedrock of society.

“We pray for a just government and a Cabinet that works for the common good,” said González Nieves, calling for a government marked by “benevolence rather than tolerance.”

The archbishop also prayed for Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, the incoming Legislature and the island’s 78 mayors.

García Padilla took to the pulpit after the archbishop.

“If blessed are those who work for peace, then we are blessed,” he said.

Political and religious leaders then sang the anthemic “La Borinquena” as doves were rleased to symbolize the peace being sought in the new four-year government term.

García Padilla had arrived in the company of his wife Wilma Pastrana, brother former University of Puerto Rico President Antonio García Padilla and brother Coamo Mayor Juan Carlos García Padilla, among other family members. Secretary of State-designate David Bernier, incoming Senate President Eduardo Bhatia and incoming House Speaker Jaime Perello were also in the entourage.

11/ 4/2011

Vatican: An apostolic "inspection" visit to Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

The Holy See wants to verify whether the accusations made against Archbishop González Nieves are valid. The faithful have taken his side as controversy grows

ANDRÉS BELTRAMO ÁLVAREZVATICAN CITY

The Vatican has ordered an apostolic visit for the Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico. An extensive and in-depth inquiry, which has already caused controversy in the country. Holy See authorities want to confirm whether some of the accusations made against Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves are true, especially with regards to the alleged mismanagement of the ministry. But the Puerto Rican faithful are willing to defend their pastor.

The Congregation for the Clergy of the Holy See ordered the visit and, as indicated by the same González Nieves, the apostolic visitor will be the Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), Antonio Arregui Yarza. The prelate began his investigation on 25 October with a series of interviews.

“The archdiocese would like to thank the Holy See and, in particular, the Congregation for the Clergy, for its attention to this local Church. At the same time, it invites all the Catholic faithful: priests, religious and lays, to accompany the outcome of the apostolic visit with their prayers. Since this is an internal process of the Church, this servant will not make any additional statements in this regard,” he remarked in a note.

According to press reports, investigations have begun for a presumed “political interventionism” of Archbishop González, who would have made the mistake of mounting an “altar of the fatherland” which boasted the flag of Puerto Rico. The story is not irrelevant, because the issue of national sovereignty divides the population of this country which is, in fact, a U.S. protectorate.

But the issue is far more complex than this. The Vatican Insider has confirmed that the apostolic visit was born after a series of complaints about alleged mismanagement of the ministry, which would involve some unclear economic movements, improper attitudes by diocesan clergy and some cases of abuse against minors.

The situation is delicate, the accusations must be confirmed with facts otherwise they will be denied. This is what the visitor Arregui Yarza will be doing over the next few days. He will observe, ask, listen, and eventually write a confidential report that will be delivered to the Vatican, where a decision will be made, if necessary.

The work, however, will not be easy. In recent days, the operations center, the Parish of Santa Teresita (at Ocean Park), has received the demands of dozens of faithful who want to offer their testimony, almost all of which are in defense of the Archbishop of San Juan.

In addition, Gonzalez Nieves is willing to defend himself by arguing, among other things, that the cases of abuse identified in his ecclesiastical territory were duly reported to the Vatican and consideration was given according to the precepts of Canon Law.

It is for this reason that the enormous interest of the Apostolic Nuncio of the Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico, Jozef Wesolowski attracted so much attention both in Rome and in San Juan, that the visit would take place at all costs.

According to the President of the Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico and Bishop of Caguas, Ruben Antonio Gonzalez Medina, the visitor’s report will serve to offer, if required, “the guidelines to follow, clarifying those aspects that need further explanation.”

“Our Catholic Church has no fear of opening spaces for dialogue where, in an atmosphere of sincerity and openness we can, in the light of our pastoral action, reflect and evaluate, and also make appropriate decisions and, of course, reinforce the faith of our people of Puerto Rico,” he stated.

Lastly, he added: “we believe in the God of life that drives history and that, in the midst of the challenges that lie ahead, is led by pastors who speak honestly and sincerely, and above all, seek to construct the kingdom of God, founded on truth, justice and freedom, the real fruit of which is peace.”

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LongIslander1987 Since: Oct 12 2,581 West Islip, NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 11 hrs ago www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com/news/vatican-aske... My guess is the Vatican is afraid that his interference in politics is endangering the Catholic Church's already precarious position in Puerto Rico. Gonzalez Nieves has a long history of interfering in politics, especially for the pro-commonwealth agenda. He openly called for Puerto Ricans to vote for the "Yes" option in the November 2012 status referendum. The Vatican knows the Catholic Church is dying in Puerto Rico due to the rise of Protestant Evangelism. In fact, I wouldent be surprised if Puerto Rico is one day mainly Protestant.
El cacique White Plains, NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 10 hrs ago LongIslander1987 wrote: www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com/ne ws/vatican-asked-archbishop-to -quit-83898.html My guess is the Vatican is afraid that his interference in politics is endangering the Catholic Church's already precarious position in Puerto Rico. Gonzalez Nieves has a long history of interfering in politics, especially for the pro-commonwealth agenda. He openly called for Puerto Ricans to vote for the "Yes" option in the November 2012 status referendum. The Vatican knows the Catholic Church is dying in Puerto Rico due to the rise of Protestant Evangelism. In fact, I wouldent be surprised if Puerto Rico is one day mainly Protestant. Interesting development.
Jorge San Juan, Puerto Rico	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 5 hrs ago El cacique wrote: <quoted text>Interesting development. In the meantime, WE're still waiting your explanation on why were you disfellowshiped....and the ELDERS refuse to even sit in the back!
Jorge San Juan, Puerto Rico	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 5 hrs ago LongIslander1987 wrote: www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com/ne ws/vatican-asked-archbishop-to -quit-83898.html My guess is the Vatican is afraid that his interference in politics is endangering the Catholic Church's already precarious position in Puerto Rico. Gonzalez Nieves has a long history of interfering in politics, especially for the pro-commonwealth agenda. He openly called for Puerto Ricans to vote for the "Yes" option in the November 2012 status referendum. The Vatican knows the Catholic Church is dying in Puerto Rico due to the rise of Protestant Evangelism. In fact, I wouldent be surprised if Puerto Rico is one day mainly Protestant. The Vatican and Washington go way back to more than 200 yrs. Not a nice relationship, to put it mildly, for the Catholic church in the US has always "had a mind of its own".
LongIslander1987 Since: Oct 12 2,581 West Islip, NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 5 hrs ago Jorge wrote: <quoted text> The Vatican and Washington go way back to more than 200 yrs. Not a nice relationship, to put it mildly, for the Catholic church in the US has always "had a mind of its own". It's time for the Catholic Church to be taxed ... the revenue can go towards covering the cost of the illegal immigrants that the Church uses to fill their pews. Their defense of priests that have abused little children is revolting. Another sore point for me.
Jorge San Juan, Puerto Rico	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 4 hrs ago Judged: 1 1 1 LongIslander1987 wrote: <quoted text> It's time for the Catholic Church to be taxed ... the revenue can go towards covering the cost of the illegal immigrants that the Church uses to fill their pews. Their defense of priests that have abused little children is revolting. Another sore point for me. ...and Roberto González had the nerve to claim that all statehooders ought to be transparent while he was busy hiding and covering up Church pedophiles. By now, you've gotten to know a little bit about us, island statehooders. We don't hide anything (not even our own faults) and we wrote the Vatican to either clean up their act here in the islands or Catholics would leave the Church en masse. The Vatican knows what Puerto Ricans are capable and Pope Benedict (and now Pope Francisco) are demanding explanations (and an eventual resignation). Too bad for Roberto González, he was on his way to become a Cardinal. Now, all he has left is leaving the Church and run for office (like Paraguay's ex president) or become a guerrilla fighter (like that other Colombian priest who switched the altar for an Uzi).
LongIslander1987 Since: Oct 12 2,581 West Islip, NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 4 hrs ago This has been a long time in coming, I remember Romero Barcelo criticizing his interference in politics before the election last year. www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com/news/crb-church-i... He violated the separation of Church and State ... he must be removed from office, or resign. It's a simple as that. The Church should stick to region, leave politics to the politicians.
LongIslander1987 Since: Oct 12 2,581 West Islip, NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #9 4 hrs ago Are you familiar with Father Charles Coughlin from he 1930s?
Jorge San Juan, Puerto Rico	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #10 3 hrs ago LongIslander1987 wrote: Are you familiar with Father Charles Coughlin from he 1930s? Thanks for the tip. Just read about him on Wiki, interesting man; one thing, though-right about the time Father Charles was born, Pope Leo (in his Rerum Novarum) was saying (more or less) the same things... Of course, when the Pope "says it" is not quite the same....