Moral Bankruptcy: A Church gone astray

Bismillah.

As the sexual exploits of the Italian Prime Minister are aired in the International news, the pope makes a vague general statement urging public officials to "rediscover their spiritual and moral roots". What a shame! What a farce!

This is what happens when a faith has lost its way and now cannot even chastise someone who is doing evil.

This is the result of decades of cover-ups and turning the blind-eye to the abuses of thousands of victims within the Catholic Church. So now if the pope takes a hard line on Berlusconi's actions, he can turn around and say but what about the priests you protected for decades even though they kept doing their evil deeds. Even the last pope who is on his way to sainthood was no saint when it came to protecting priests from prosecution and denying victims their rights.

Now the Church has no leg to stand on, it cannot lecture any one on moral issues. It cannot claim to have moral authority when hundreds within its ranks are implicated in the cover-up and in perpetrating the evils themselves. Whole communities have been devastated by these evil actions. Broken families and damaged souls now lie in the wake of every inquiry and investigation into many parishes and suspected priests.

How can this Church claim to be guided by God? If that was so, many in Europe especially are asking why did God let this happen. Is it a wonder why millions in Europe have turned their collective backs on religion and God in particular.

For centuries, the Church was the mouthpiece of God, the moral authority, the spiritual guide of the masses. Then came the crusades, the inquisition and now the child abuse cases in epic proportion. The blame without doubt lies with the Church and its leaders.

How can a reasonable person who knows anything about God remain in an organisation that is bereft of God and His Holiness?

How can anyone accept what such an organisation tells us about God?

How can anyone not see that this Church is a man-made structure that has adopted many of the pagan beliefs and rituals which God hates?

How can this be guidance when its ranks are filled with misguided and evil people?

How can this be pleasing to God, when everything the Church stands for - its power and wealth are actively used in doing things displeasing to God?

It is time for Catholics to seriously think about their relationship with God. It is time for them to come to Islam which is the only true religion acceptable to God.