To: sitetest
"The bulk of the bishops will eventually come from the sort that we have here."
I sure hope so!
On the subject of the characteristics of current intake to seminaries, I was at a day of lectures last week by a retired bishop who was at all sessions of Vatican II and considers himself to be "an authority".
The only encouraging thing I heard that day was when he said "I do despair of the quality of so many men entering the seminaries at the moment. They are so right wing that there is a danger they will undo all the progress we have made since the Council."
Despite his epithet of "right-wing", it did make me wonder if the tide is actually starting to turn.
To: Tantumergo
They are so right wing that there is a danger they will undo all the progress we have made since the Council." That has been my observation here in the Arch of Boston. I'd take one orthodox priest being ordained over 20 lukewarm or progressive priests who just continue to spread the apathy and partial Truths and experiencial catechisis that has been part and parcel of Catholicism since about 1970. Stand for nothing and you'll fall for anything.
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