It’s surprising to me that Quatar’s Aljazeera reports on spanish problems.
It is surprising to you that one of the largest international news organizations in the middle east also covers news from spain? Why?
My comment was incorrect and didn’t translate my thought, as you pointed out.
I don’t know why OP sourced it, rather than some european newspaper. AJ is the largest international news organization in the Middle East, and I’d refer to it when learning about the situation there, because I know they have plenty of people on the ground. Euronews, CNN, Reuters, Guardian, whoever - would likely refer to them when asked to cover something there too.
But to AJ Spain is a generic ‘world’ category. One that they have limited resources to cover. There, they themselves are in a situation where they are to refer to someone, and by quality and effort it’s secondary to local coverage. That’s my point one.
Point two is that we read about pedophiles in spanish clergy on 99% muslim news portal. I bet, it’s morbidly entertaining to their readers to hear that these christians take another L. It’s like my state’s newspapers waiting the death of dollar, or american podcasters discussing the fall of chinese economy. It supports their worldview. It isn’t content written with us in mind. So, even if it’s non-biased, why would we refer to a news org that is so distant from this place, from this subject, from us?
Point minus-one tho is that AJ is now caught in Palestine-Israeli conflict. Their journalists were killed in Gaza, they talk against Israel, they are to be banned there (?). I feel like downvotes came from here. Because people felt I have my grudge with AJ in relation to current news. No. AJ is biased, but they are paired with an obv biased israeli reporting, they are two parts of one picture.
Now now, we have to respect the Clergyman’s way of life. /s
Oh wow. My brain told me that it was One Spanish clery sexually abused 200,000 and I thought …how did he have all that time?
14 a day for 40 years. A dedicated clergy member could pull it off considering they don’t really do anything for work.
In another news he also discovered cloning.
Wow, he must have been really well organized to get to 200,000.
I’m sorry, I had to make the feeble attempt at humour. Don’t hate me too much.
¡Dios mio!
religion should be ridiculed every time it makes an appearance in public. in 2023, having a religion is an embarrassment.
Tell that to Muslims and their far left protectors.
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There are good reasons why the Spanish anarchists treated Catholic clergymen the way they did during the Spanish Civil War.
I’m not saying it was the correct way to deal with it… what I am saying is that knowledge of the Catholic Church’s “activities” has never really been that much of a secret.
How did they treat them? Never heard of this and am a history lover.
I know wikipedia is not considered the best source, but it does serve as a decent intro to some subjects.
The men in dresses that children should avoid are clergy.
That few? Damn I thought with 500-odd years of a unified Spain they’d have easily blown past a million.
They only talked wktb living adults
This is just the past 83 years. But still 6.5 per day shows an impressive amount of restraint. Including laypeople, it’s still only around 13. That’s barely even in the double digits!
Truly, the best religion has to offer.
The numbers are relatively similar to France’s, taking the difference of population into account, which makes a lot of sense. What’s definitely not the same is the reaction of the clergy. While the French bishops have “asked for forgiveness”, the Spanish ones have said it’s all lies and defamation.
