Papal pruning? A smaller but purer church may actually have more influence

WORLD ^ | 5/14/05 | Gene Edward Veith

[TradicalRC]

Re:sanity. Hide it under the broccoli, they'll never find it there.

[Tax-chick]

Excellent suggestion, but I think it's too late for that.

[Salvation]

Thanks for the ping!

[Hermann the Cherusker]

"You rang, sir?"

[montag813]

Benedict ROCKS! He needs to topple secular tyrants as Zapatero like JPII helped Reagan topple Communist tyrants in Eastern Europe.

[TradicalRC]

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[melsec]

I ran a youth group of about 20 young men and women. Most were not serious. I decided to focus the group on their faith. Most left over a fairly short period of time which left me 8 very serios young Christians who were willing to go on with things. About 18months later I had to give away leading this group but they went on to grow to about 30 commited young people. If you want the church to bloom and grow it's time to get rid of the dead wood. The only way to do that is to be firm and commited to what the church believes and that has to start from the top.

God Bless

Mel