News, pictures and videos of Cuba. Digital activism by a plural and democratic Cuba, where to disagree is a right and not a crime. In the Blog Diletante without cause: Cuba and the third stage of communism: As glides Cuba, to a crawl hesitantly toward a totalitarian system with micro market, the Sun castrocracia .. IN THE SAHARA DESERT ( I remember some years ago as a radio program in Ponce, PR, commented as imperative for Catholics to defend the ministerial priesthood, but in terms of different individuals who were involved in legal trouble because of his pedophile acts, they were quite large and fat to defend themselves. I am an eyewitness of how the Catholic Church is taking apart the entire agency and that individual, clerical or lay, who has been involved in any situation pedophile. And, even the Catholic Church in the United States and its territories has developed programs and Safe Environment Screening, much of what other organizations have done. They are not just words but deeds. [2]. The reality of the "pedophile priest" is very different from what the media presented. The number of priests involved in this case was significantly less than what was assumed. Sad as the opponents of the Church make use of any information, however small it is to criticize and discriminating against her. Therefore, to discriminate anything is possible. As problematic and embarrassing is the abundance of anti-Catholic rhetoric as the failure to recognize this disease as a serious social problem. [3] Many argue that the demagogic talk about how the Catholic Church is a constitutional right. And unfortunately it is, but I suggest that in the same way that some people speak contemptuously of Blessed John Paul II or the Virgin Mary, spoke of Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights leader in the United States) or Matthew Sheppard (gay university student murdered in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998), another was the result. There would be cries of hysteria, that not to tell. Call them racist, homophobic, and many other epithets that are not in the dictionaries of language decent. Therefore, we see very clearly (I'm not trying to be lawyer or) as the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [4] is not applied on equal terms, supposedly we are all equal under this document. According to this postulate, I suggest that would be important to define the denotative and connotative term "equality". That work will leave the reader from your particular situation. An event that comes to my mind, is the story of an event occurring after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, at the Twin Towers in New York City. At a Halloween party, in the state of Massachusetts. In a Costume Party School, was asked teachers strongly campus diligently to ensure that no young person came to the party with costumes to indicate any Muslim emblem. Do not want to have problems with the Muslim community, nor with lawsuits about it. The astonishing thing was that in the costume contest, the winners of the funniest costumes were three young, two of them dressed as pregnant nuns and the third was dressed as a priest, and that the nuns pregnant. [5] some young high school, so disrespectful scoff important symbol for many is to be expected. The incomprehensible and intolerable here is that the adults who claim to champion the logical, just and true, have sponsored, by simply allowing these students present at the event with the costumes representative of a community, which in time, as the Muslim community and others, demands respect. [6] Here, obviously, not caring to society discrimination against the Catholic Church and Catholics. The sad thing more evident, if among these adults encontrasen some professed Catholics. This does not doubt it. Unfortunately, for many is more important to their prestige or their membership in a political or social group that your own faith or his own salvation. The problem with many of the writing a petition members of interest groups and opposed to the Holy Mother Church is the Catholic Church offers a comprehensive social vision, and admits to having "the right [7] and duty [8]" to speak with authority on any and every situation that affects the human condition, especially in matters of morality and faith, beginning with Natural Law. [9] The Catholic Church is under constant attack by those who claim that religion is a good thing as long as you take private practice. This reminds me as many times, politicians use the podiums church for their campaigns, but chosen and claim that the same Church, that the same podium to remain silent about any possibility of social upheaval that affects the human condition [10] or the dignity of the human person. In addition, specifically anti-Catholic groups, using the excuse of the First Amendment of the Constitution [11], are capable of committing criminal acts against the Church. Please case, the events at the Cathedral of New York, in 1989, conducted by ACT UP activist group, who were protesting the Catholic Church's position in relation to homosexuality and AIDS. Hundreds of protesters entered the St. Patrick's Cathedral and interrupted the sermon of Cardinal John O 'Connor (RIP), while shouting to the Cardinal, "molester and murderer." Other things happened that are worthy of condemnation. [12]. Society in general, especially through the vast majority of secular media constantly makes fun of the Church and its precepts. However, these events discriminatory in essence have accompanied the Church since its inception 2000 years ago. It is no longer time further questioning, it is time to demand respect for our faith and traditions. It's time to see that our faith has a value unequaled by any other religious group, and if non-Catholic groups have the right to be respected, Our Catholic Church also belongs the same right to be respected. No more acts of violence or acts of injunctive relief in our temples and our leaders, no more jokes in the media without repercussion. You mean to talk bad or make fun of the Catholic Church or any entity affiliated with the Catholic Church is pure discrimination and should be repudiated in a peaceful, yet energetic. As Catholics we have and we must defend our faith openly and explicitly. Unfortunately you have to watch those, which, although Catholics are afraid of losing social prestige or economic before defending their faith. Now, approaching the Year of Faith [13], is a time specifically important because it is when we celebrate our doctrine, given by Jesus Christ to his apostles, and apostolic succession, preserved intact by the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. [14] We, as laity in the faith, we have not only the right but the duty to educate ourselves in our doctrine for moments like those described earlier in this release are seen with the strength of love for the Kingdom of God [15]. Look at Jesus and see in him the true example of fighting against abuse, discrimination and demagoguery. [9] Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraphs # 1954-1960. Also see Leo XIII, Libertas Praestantissimum; Gaudium Spes # 10