a letter to the child Zero,
Zero....When you use the word "The Roman Catholic Church did this or did that""...Then I assume you must be educated in the R.C.C...
How educated are you in the R.C.C? The same church who have members that founded universities, among them is Georgetown, NotreDame, and many others....
If you say it is the Roman Catholic Church that did the crusades, then that is like saying the U.S government have sex with Monica Lewinski.....
First before making the claim that the U.S did it, you must present a bill that the senates pass, if its constitutional, and if its a law, then you can say the Government did it...That is likewise for the R.C.C....
The R.C.C is composed of this...
1.) Holy Scriptures (Many many books written by saints, the bible is ONE OF THEM, Catechsim, Lumengentium, etc. & other books as well that are "Imprimatured" or "nihil obstat" meaning checked and free of moral errors..)
2.) Holy Tradition (Like Jesus who wears the synagogues, this is very important because we are heirs of Abraham, and King David, thus continuing the legacy of the faith from the start (mustard seed).)
3.) Canon law (This is like the constitution. This is the infallible teachings of the church, where we go to these if there are any disputes among the members...)
4.) Magisterium (Pope united with the bishops... This is where "Dogma" are being propagated, having full investigation on things, scientifically, or historically..)
That is what is composed of the Roman Catholic church. When bishop hides a child molester from public, that is NOT IN THE CANON LAW, OR APPROVAL BY THE POPE BUT AN INDEPENDENT ACT I CAN UNDERSTAND FULLY AS A HUMAN SPECIES... Maybe they were friends, and he just wanted to defend him, but this is not the "ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ACT".....
Furtheremore, the crusades or the inquisition...First youhave to educate yurself in History...For instance, why did Cortez came back and wiped out almost all of the aztec indians? He is a roman catholic, but he is an individual..
First when he arrived in South America, they were captured by the indians, and 4 of his friends were offered to the gods and killed, Cortez escaped with full hatred...Returning to spain, he came back with so much militia and vengeance, that he almost killed all of them...
The same with Magellan in Phillipines... His followersraped and stole gold and women, then uses the name of "CHURCH" tto cover up their disgusting act...The muslims killed Magellan...But those who escaped came back to spain, then came back to kill almost all of them, thus colonizing the country...
The pope was even involve on this, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CHURCH THAT DID IT, BECAUSE ALL OF THE BISHOPS MUST AGREE ON THIS, THEN DOCUMENT IT, THEN WILL BE WRITTEN IN CANON LAW, OR BECOME A DOGMA, BUT NONE OF THIS ARE PERMITTED IN EITHER THE BOOK....
For instance, St. Joan of Arc, she was a catholic (now a saint) and was hanged and burned to death by the bishop, accusing her of witchcraft falsely...
THIS WAS AN INDEPENDENT ACT, THE POPE WASNT AWARE OF THIS UNTIL LATER IN YEARS.....
Educate yourself Zero, and by the way, the Pope is not being voted, your right, theres no favoritism...there is 2 ways to have a pope (but I need to remmber it)...