Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

You found it fascinating in a sexually perverted kinda way now di'nt ya? FREAK!

Wow! That is just so sinister! To pray on those poor, defenseless deaf children! It makes my skin crawl...but it sounds like a fascinating documentary nonetheless so I will make it a point to catch it when it airs next. Thanks for the heads up! I'll let you know what I think.

I forgot that you studied sign language and want to work with deaf kids. That's a great thing to want to do. It shows you have a big heart. Wish you much success on that buddy...it's always great to work in an occupation where you get the opportunity to help and be of service and make a difference.

Bumping for Dramamama

Mea Maxima Culpa director Alex Gibney interviewed in The Hollywood Reporter: Director Alex Gibney Says The Pope's Resignation 'Inextricably Linked' to Sex Abuse Scandal
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-alex-gibney-says-popes-421098

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Pope Benedict’s XVI’s resignation “seems to me inextricably linked to the sex abuse crisis,” Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, whose newest documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, exposes those abuses, said in the wake of Monday’s surprise announcement.

I don’t have proof that that’s so, but it just seems like it,” the director said, noting that in addition to his own film, which began airing on HBO on Feb. 4, there has been a new wave of coverage of the Roman Catholic Church’s worldwide sex scandal because of the recent court order that forced the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to release its files, documenting how Cardinal Roger Mahoney and other officials covered up the cases of 122 priests accused or convicted of molesting children, as well as a widening investigation in Australia.

The timing of the 85-year-old pontiff’s announcement citing his failing strength “of mind and body” took the world by surprise as he becomes the first pope in nearly 600 years to step down from the office. “It is very strange,” said Gibney. “It’s two days before Ash Wednesday. Because of the way that the conclave works, it means no pope will probably reside over Easter Sunday Mass. You wonder if there is another shoe to drop.”

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Up until fairly recently, a great number of parents with deaf children were told by doctors to never sign to their children since that would make them less connected with the hearing world. I know quite a few deaf adults (some as young as 40) whose parents still do not sign and "at this point don't see any need to learn".

A lot of these kids learned sign in school from other deaf children, even though in "oral schools" (where speech was taught and signing forbidden) there were punishments for signing.

http://notocbcp.weebly.com/2/post/2013/02/pope-received-news-of-his-warrant-of-arrest-before-resignation.html

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Gaveston, it's also important to remember that deaf people who sign are pretty much always bilingual. English is a completely different language and that's something thats difficult to grasp for a lot of people who think there's a sign to represent every word and its just a copy of the English language, which it is definitely not.

Gaveston. The Pope would be safe while on Vatican grounds but should he venture out he would be arrested. Just like George W or Dick Cheney would were they to venture into certain countries where they ares wanted for War Crimes

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Yes, exactly. Unless he gets a pardon, he will not be able to leave Vatican City for the rest of his life.

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But the Vatican doesn't want people to come and pay him tribute instead of the New and Improved Pope. They kind of want him somewhere far away.

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Can one get this on a torrent? I;m not sure how to download those things.

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SNAFU: But the Vatican doesn't want people to come and pay him tribute instead of the New and Improved Pope. They kind of want him somewhere far away.

Kinda like George W.Bush…. we never did hear from him again!