"Perhaps once a year the church needs to set aside a time to confess and forgive alongside God the sins of the church." ...

Jesus condemned the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy, describing them as "whitewashed tombs" that look righteous on the outside but are inwardly full of sin.

It wasn't a single event that led me to this conclusion. It was more like a steady stream of them, our author says.

The church, founded in 1902, can now be used for nonreligious purposes that are still considered appropriate by the Catholic Church.