It was heartening to read about how people were helping each other out after Hurricane Sandy in this week's edition of the online Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind.
The article in the same magazine about egg creams was also very good. Well-written, interesting, evocative, and just good all around.
There is an article in the October issue of Readers Digest about how the Catholic church is supposedly changing to prevent sex abuse.
The article says parishioners no longer see the priest as this figure who is different from the rest of humankind. They must still see him this way, though, because in Catholic tradition, the priest is the one with the power to turn the host and wine into the body and blood of Jesus. That automatically sets him apart from the rest of humanity, according to Catholics.
Seminaries can have all the Integral Human Development classes they want but the fact remains that it won't curb pedophilia in the Catholic church.
These seminaries can say "channel your sexual energy into other activities", but the fact remains that for men sex is a physical need like food or water. When you're really hungry, it doesn't do much good to try to focus on something else; you need food.
Men who want to abuse children are still going to be drawn to the priesthood and are still going to find ways to perpetrate their abominations.
On the other hand, maybe the Catholic church really isn't doing anything about this problem and just told the media and the public what they wanted to hear.
Also, I would like to take this opportunity to point out the advanced ridiculousness of a guy sworn to a life of celibacy with no wife or children advising his flock about their families.
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