[Catholicguy]

This really is the Time of the Laity. The Bishops will not put anything effective into place and even if they did, the "policies" will have no forceful effect as the Bishop's conference has no authority. It's only "authority" is if individual Bishops decide to abide by the policy. And we know that each Bishop runs or ignores his own Diocese as he desires. The Bishops oppose Rome and we think they will listen to their own non-authoritative rhetorical scaffolding erected to conceal as much as to heal?

It is time for the Laity to grow-up. We KNOW, or we should, which priests are trustworthy. We KNOW, or we should, which Bishops are trustworthy and Orthodox. We do NOT need Rome or the Bishop's Conference to tell us what to do.

It is OUR job to teach the Faith to our children. It is OUR job to assure our children are in a safe school if we do not homeschool. It is OUR job to either tithe to our local parish if it is orthodox or we can tithe to those in our communities that are worthy of help. It is OUR job to inform ourselves and other Catholics in our communities about those in the local Hierarchy and to PUBLICLY oppose heresy, schism, and evil as it presents itself and, more importantly, to publicly praise those acts and persons who are orthodox.

We have GOT to stop relying upon others to solve our problems

[Gerish]

You are absolutely 100% right! Also, if you know your Bishop is liberal, starting withholding your MONEY! Believe it or not, the laity hold the power of the purse in their hands which I believe is the only thing that will get through to some of these Bishops!