{{{A sarcastic cartoon about how the Catholic Church has failed to protect children from sexually abusive priests. Obviously, there has been more than just one victim, there have been thousands throughout the world.}}}
It seems that many people in Chile are outraged by the number of Chilean Catholic priests who have sexually attacked children. They expressed this anger at the Pope when he visited Chile.
Article about this issue:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/19/in-chile-pope-met-by-protests-threats-burned-churches.html
Vocabulary to help you understand the article:
a protest - when a large group of people meet publicly because they are upset about something. This group expresses its anger or outrage, usually peacefully. If a protest becomes violent it is often called a riot.
a threat - a statement that someone makes to indicate that he intends to hurt another person
papal - relating to the pope. The pope is the leader of the Catholic Church.
wept - cried, to weep = weep, wept, wept
hostility - anger
anti-pope - people against the pope; pro-pope would be people in favor of the pope
tear gas - a type of gas police around the world use which hurts the eyes of protesters or rioters and often produces tears
pamphlets - little booklets
cassock - the robe he wears
unprecedented - it has never happened before
friction - conflict, anger caused by disagreement with something
a fluke - something uncommon, something that just happened once and won't happen again
a harbinger - something which indicates that something will happen again or even over and over again; like a prediction
to ban demonstrations - Peru will not let people gather because the government is afraid they will express anger toward the pope as well.
to impact the image of the country - Peru is afraid that Peru will look bad in the eyes of the world if people demonstrate against (protest against) the pope.
to condemn - to attack something verbally and to strongly say it is wrong
condoms - those rubber birth control devices used by men...the Catholic Church has declared that it is wrong for men to use condoms. The Church says the condoms kill sperm cells.
ferocity - extreme aggression; if a dog is ferocious, it will attack and seriously hurt a person.
theology - the study of God
changed radically - changed completely
a pedophile priest - a priest who enjoys thinking of having sex with children
a bungled response - to bungle something means to mess things up; not to handle things as well as you should have
to accelerate - to speed up
contested - to contest something is to oppose it, to argue against it
notorious - famous for the wrong reasons
to sour in regard to something - if a person becomes soured on/in regard to something, he used to have favorable feelings about that thing but now feels bad about it. i.e. At first our boss seemed like a nice guy, but under pressure he snaps and becomes very angry. The whole office has soured against him.
were torched - were set on fire
arson attacks - arson is when a building is started on fire
indigenous - the first people of an area, the people of Chile whose ancestors lived there before the Europeans
ancestral lands - the territory of their ancestors was taken away from them years ago
discrimination - when people are not allowed rights because of their identity. Remember, prejudice is an attitude while discrimination is action.
his homily - a speech a priest gives during a religious service
to take someone to task - to blame someone
an elegant agreement - an agreement that looks good but does not mean anything
a tactic - something done as part of a larger strategy, something done to get someone else to do something you want them to do
employed by - used by
a radical group - usually a far leftist group, a group that is anti-capitalist or pro-socialist or strongly anti-government
to be disgruntled - a disgruntled person is an unhappy person, a person very upset because things are wrong and they are not changing
moral authority - to have moral authority is to be recognized as a good person with power who has a right to tell other people what they should do
to celebrate mass - to hold a Catholic religious service, a Catholic religious service is called a mass
LGBT - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
a socialist - someone who does not believe in capitalism, someone who believes that wealth should be shared among everyone in a society
to be resolved - to be taken care off satisfactorily
an accomplice - someone who helps a criminal to do something. So the protesters are accusing the Church of helping priests who were attacking children
overshadowed his visit - if something overshadows something else it shows itself to be more significant or important then what is supposed to be important
a protege - someone coached or guided by someone else
slanderous - when a statement is deliberately (not accidentally) untrue and meant to hurt the reputation of another person
proof - evidence that something actually happened, something which shows that something really happened
his reception - his greeting, the way people would receive him
