[NeoCaveman]

Looks like they are trying to catch up to the Anglicans

A wise man once said that "modernism is the synthesis of all heresies" he was ahead of his time.

[chuckles]

Just as a side note, I was hearing just yesterday that an 11th century Irish preist prophesy says there will be 110 popes and J.P. is 108. He says 110 will be the antichrist, a liberal that will defile the church. J.P. is trying to stuff the cardinals with conservatives, but alot of them are 70-80 years old. The next pope doesn't have to live 6 months after he's elected so we may be closer than we think.

[TheCrusader]

"Looks like they are trying to catch up to the Anglicans A wise man once said that "modernism is the synthesis of all heresies" he was ahead of his time."

Thankfully, because the Catholic Church has a heirarchy and a visible head, (the pope), the renegade bishops of the RCC cannot really represent official Church views. Bishop Rielly can be silenced, or forced to reverse his position, by the American heirarchy, or even the Vatican. He can speak his personal views about gay rights all he wants, but they can never become official Catholic views unless the heirarchy, including the pope, agrees with him.