Catholic Revelation

Often, non-Catholics will attempt to use scandal and corruption to discredit the Church. How should you respond?

It is a shame that grave sin seeps into the Catholic Church from time to time, and it hurts us all deeply, especially the vast majority of priests who are truly holy men of God. But, the Church has never claimed that those who have been entrusted to lead the flock will never sin. Our priests are fallible men. Even our popes are sinners who participate in the Sacrament of Confession just like the rest of us do. Some are great sinners and we have had throughout the years about ten evil Popes. (out of 265 Popes, that is not a bad record). But, this should come as no surprise. Jesus tells us in Scripture that there indeed will be weeds among the wheat
Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' 'An enemy did this,' he replied. The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' Matthew 13:24 Read more...