Is Catholic Church in crisis?

This theme is not easy for me, because I'm catholic and I have participated in several groups on the Church. I have an uncle who is priest, then you can understand why this question is difficult to answer.
I think that the Catholic Church is not in crisis, but it's facing a bad moment because the people don´t know what to think (this is my problem now). I don´t know all the histories that are emerging in this days because I have not seen TV this week. I have heard comments about abuse, but I don't know details. The problem with this notices is that the people can think that all is bad, but it´s not true. There are many people who work without problem in the Church, but it´s terrible to think that some priest are not clear in their sexual inclination and they use their authority doing much damage...
Many people I know say that is very important to rescue the laborious work done for many priest who they are have know along their life. With this "earthquake" in the Catholic Church, priests like my uncle must show that the vast majority priests in the world are working without hurt people.

Post 3: I love music :)

Music is very important in my life. In my family there are many amateur singers, and I like to sing, too. My father plays the guitar and he taught me when I had 12 years old. My son, Vicente, loves the music and in his school he is learning a lot of songs, then he sings to me every day (and I'm very happy with this). My father has recordings of him and me singing in our home when I was 5 or 6 years old.

I like music in English and Spanish. In English, my favorite singers are Joss Stone and James Blunt because this music is very nice and "soft" (I don't like "strong" music, like hard rock because it causes me a headache...). Joss Stone has a very powerfull voice, and I would like to listen to her someday in Chile (or in England, or in another country, who knows...). James Blunt was in Chile in January of 2009 in a tour with Elton John. My sister and me were at the concert in Movistar Arena, in Santiago. We were very happy because he sang all our favorite songs.

8,8 Richter in Chile!

On February 27th, I was in my parent's house, in Rengo. I was sleeping with my son, Vicente, and I was to the bathroom five minutes before the earthquake. To start the earthquake, the lamp's light turned off. I didn't move from my bed during the earhtquake. Vicente didn´t feel the strong movement, fortunately, and he awoke in my parent's bedroom, ten minutes later.

My sister, who was in her bedroom wih her daughter, looked how moved my grandfather' car in the yard... and she was very scared. When the earthquake finished, my sister and me were to our parent's bedroom with our children.

The house didn't have problems, fortunately, but my department in Macul, Santiago, has some problems, but they are not serious.

It was a terrible experience... but in my department, it could be worse because I live in a fifth floor...

Something of me

Hello! My name is Verónica. I'm 29 years old and I'm biochemist. I have a big family (for example, I have 35 cousins...) and I live in Santiago with my son, Vicente, my sister and her daughter.

I worked for four years in a Biotechnological Company, where I learned about Molecular Biology. In 2008, I went to New Orleans, in USA, where I needed to speak english. From this moment, I believed in the need of an english course in my life...

This year will be... intense.... I need to give order to my life because I need to study alone, and I need to study with my son... But I'm happy because the PhD program is a new experience in that I hope to learn about Agronomy (I never worked with plants) and to travel in the future.