[Brian Kopp DPM]

An international group of faithful Roman Catholics has contacted Vatican prelates and all active U.S. cardinals and asked them to publicly affirm the Church's 1961 pronouncement against admitting homosexuals or pedophiles to the priesthood.

Truly pathetic that the laity must be the ones calling on the Cardinals to be Catholic in more than name only. If they will not affirm this, and the Vatican will not enforce this, we might as well pull up the tent stakes and go home and wait for the Trumpets to sound.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

This is obviously a news article, not a "Religion Forum" article. Why was this pulled from the News Forum and placed in the Religion Forum? Its OK to bash the Church on the News Forum, but not defend the Church on the News Forum, or call for those measures that would solve the problem? This is a hypocritical double standard, and bespeaks a strong anti-Catholic bias here on Free Republic.

[redhead]

"Truly pathetic that the laity must be the ones calling on the Cardinals to be Catholic in more than name only."

A sign of the times, Brian. The laity, in case the heirarchy haven't been looking lately (and they haven't), are virtually the only ones holding to the Magisterium these days. But the fact that the bishops and cardinals are dissembling, backpedaling, speechifying, LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH, and generally trying to get us all not to notice the man behind the curtain tells me one thing: They have been covered up FOR at some time in the past. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to discover that more than half of these enabling bishops and cardinals were just as swishy as the "priests" they protect. I never dreamed that I would EVER have so little respect for the bishops of this country, but I know this: I would dearly love to stare one of these lying sacks of sh*t right in the eyes and see what he did about it. (The general guilty reaaction is fury!)

[kidd]

Oddly enough, I found this to be encouraging, not pathetic. I am encouraged that the laity have such an in-depth knowledge of pronouncements. I am also encouraged that we have such a declaration and that JPII is likely to enforce it.

[Renatus]

, we might as well pull up the tent stakes and go home and wait for the Trumpets to sound.

No need to pull up tent stakes and wait for the trumpets. Continue to pray. Receive the sacraments God has given to us from the priests we have (good and bad). Then just go about doing good. Don't worry if things don't go your way all the time. Just remember that the Holy Spirit is with us day and night until the end of time. It's grace. Everything is grace.

[tiki]

At least the laity knows what they believe and what to stand up for. I think the Holy Spirit is very active in the laity or else many fewer Catholics would know what they are supposed to believe. In many places if they're waiting to hear the Truth they are waiting in vain.