{"id":473,"date":"2010-03-31T14:58:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T18:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=473"},"modified":"2010-03-31T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T19:00:45","slug":"is-the-all-male-rule-of-the-roman-catholic-church-self-destructing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=473","title":{"rendered":"Is the All-Male Rule of the Roman Catholic Church Self-Destructing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godweb.org%2F%3Fp%3D473&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_472\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Story+Image_sized_cardinals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-472\" title=\"Story+Image_sized_cardinals\" src=\"http:\/\/www.godweb.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Story+Image_sized_cardinals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">A New Crop of Cardinals 2007<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>This week is unprecedented in the two-thousand-year history of the Christian Church. Instead of focusing on the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ, Christians are listening to horrific accounts of priestly sexual abuse of children and wondering whether Pope Benedict XVI will take decisive action to cleanse the Church.Probably he will not. After all, after more than half a century of living and working in an all-male club he just doesn\u2019t get it. 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