the church s challenge is to re-examine the very concept of a celibate priesthood? are they in the mood or in the condition now to think, you know, these scandals are not accidental. they have something to do with the challenge we put before the men who become priests, to give up sex for life, and is that discipline workable today? are they going to get to that kind of question which obviously has something to do with the scandals? chris, i don t think so. the celibate priesthood is a 2,000-year-old tradition in the latin rite church and moreover, i don t think anyone ought to think of marriage as a remedy for sexually immature people. marriage is not a crime prevention program. the enormous problem of sexual abuse of clergy, which has scarred the church throughout the world is fundamentally a problem of faith. it s men who have not understood and internalized the faith of the church, made that the center
thought and theology happened in central and south america, right in the church. it was really the fantastic work of the current pope, who actually rooted out liberation theology from that region. that is something we talk about at the institute all the time. good source for that? glenn: ratinger said liberation theology movement, saw it sweeping across and he said, it is a fundamental threat to the faith of the church. fortunately, it didn t work, but it came close. church was strong enough to root them out. why did they use the church? they wanted control of the government. but the catholic church is so strong in latin america, they couldn t make any headway. they had to get in the church and pervert it. it s about social justice. they use that as vehicle to the church. in our case, today, they want
interpretations of marxism thought and theology happened in central and south america, right in the church. it was really the fantastic work of the current pope, who actually rooted out liberation theology from that region. that is something we talk about at the institute all the time. good source for that? glenn: ratinger said liberation theology movement, saw it sweeping across and he said, it is a fundamental threat to the faith of the church. fortunately, it didn t work, but it came close. church was strong enough to root them out. why did they use the church? they wanted control of the government. but the catholic church is so strong in latin america, they couldn t make any headway. they had to get in the church and pervert it. it s about social justice. they use that as vehicle to the church.