At least someone is standing up for the faith. I don't hear much from my priests and most Bishops. They are afraid to even mention the word Hell in their sermons, for fear of offending someome. Polictical correctness (Jesus didn't worry about being politically correct) and social justice has taken over most of the Church in the U.S.
John, sounds like you are a democrat and or a liberal to me. If not I will be surprised. If you are an Obama lover keep what Pope Pius the 11th said in Quad Anno (1931) "No one can be at the same time a sincere Catholic and a true SOCIALIST."

Once in a while the media reports a sexual abuse case in the Public (Governemnt) School System. But considering the amount of abuse that is occuring that is a sad commentary on the state of the lamestream media in this country today.
I think that Priests and other religious should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us and maybe that is the reason for some of the piling on of the media. But in looking at the big picture it is the last accepted bias left in this country that rears its ugly head, Anti-Catholicism that motivates much of the media.
The blame within the Catholic Church can be spread quite widely. Whether much of it can blamed on the Vatican remains to be seen. Much of the blame should be placed at the feet...

As a Catholic voter two things guide me as to who I vote for. Is the candiate pro-life? The murder of innocent life or the sanctioning of that murder will be judged harshly when we die.
The other guide I use is from Pope Pius the 11th who stated in his document Quad. Anno (1931), "No one can be at the same time a SINCERE CATHOLIC and a Socialist." The Democratic Party has been taken over by socialists, progressives by another word. Careful there are some in the Republican party also.