Cempaka Belanda: New Vatican laws could be "church PR disaster"

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, July 15, 2010

New Vatican laws could be "church PR disaster"

RNW, 15 July 2010 - 4:41pm | By Marijke Peters

(Photo: Flickr/Rachmaninoff)

The Vatican has published new rules on child sex abuse in the Catholic church, after a worldwide scandal badly damaged its reputation. The laws will increase the number of years after which priests can face punishment from their superiors, but victims groups say they don’t go far enough.

The new measures come in response to a deluge of complaints that the Vatican isn’t doing enough to investigate abuse claims in the church. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said the measures include “more rapid procedures to deal with the most urgent and serious situations more effectively”.

Out of touch

But while the move has been welcomed as an attempt to take the issue of child sex abuse more seriously, some say the church isn’t in touch with public opinion.

The decision to class possession of child pornography in the same category as the ordination of women priests was described as “clumsy” by Vatican expert and history professor Peter Nissen from Radboud University in the Netherlands:

“They don’t show very much awareness of how the public opinion will view things, they don’t show any feelings for the seriousness of complaints concerning sexual abuse and child pornography by dealing with it in the same way as cases of the ordination of women.”

Time delay

Another area of concern is the canon law statute of limitations. Until now, victims could only pursue complaints against priests for ten years after their 18th birthday – this has now been doubled to 20 years. But a raft of cases uncovered earlier this year by Radio Netherlands Worldwide revealed many victims don’t report abuse until years after the event.

Bert Smeets from the Mea Culpa United victims’ group said there shouldn’t be a statute of limitations at all: “Sexual abuse is a lifetime thing. This is escapism by the church. They’re trying to mislead you – they give you a few extra years, but the problem will be the same… Even if you get 20 years after the 18th birthday, most of the cases are still on the statute of limitations.”

The new rules update a 2001 document signed by Pope Benedict’ XVI’s predecessor John Paul II and don’t deal with handing abusers over to state criminal authorities. Internal church investigations will continue to be held behind closed doors “to protect the dignity of everyone involved,” says Lombardi.

Even worse

Rather than repairing any damage done to the Vatican’s reputation by the child abuse allegations, the laws may actually make the situation worse, says Professor Nissen:

“I fear it will be the next PR disaster. We’ve seen a number of them so I don’t think these changes will really convince the critics of the way the church has up to now dealt with cases of sexual abuse, and again it shows some kind of clumsiness in dealing with public opinion.”

Three ‘bishops’ at the ordination of a female French priest in Lyons in 2005. All four women were excommunicated. From left: South African Patricia Fresen, Austrian Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger and German Gisela Forster. Photograph: Jean-Pierre Clatot/AFP

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