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Great thread!

I've got a couple of questions:

1) Why the continued animosity toward traditional Catholics and the "wide and generous" offering of the Latin Indult?

2) What will you do to stem the tide of the feminization of the Mass (Altar girls, nine bazillion EEMs on the altar, and the odious liturgical dance craze)?

3) Why has kneeling for Communion become verboten? Why was it ever changed in the first place? Same goes for Communion in the hand.

4) Why has church architecture taken a turn for the worse (doesn't seem possible, but it is) and why does my church look like the Brady's TV room?

5) Why are the Catholic schools employing the very same "self-esteem-boosting" methods that have utterly ruined the public schools? Many dioceses are doing away with traditional marks and grading in favor of rubrics and grade inflation.

6) Why does my local diocese preach to me about badgering our politicians to institute a "living wage," (in the NY/Metro area that translates to about $12/hr) but still has the nerve to pay its school employees (lunchroom, etc.) a measly $7.00/hour?

7) What does the Church intend to do about blatantly pro-abortion politicians? Why are bishops allowed to host campaign fund-raisers for these self-same politicians on church property?

8) What is the Church going to do to clean up the seminaries and make them more palatable to young men who wish to enter the priesthood?

9) What rocket scientist decided that "On Eagle's Wings" should be sung at nearly every Mass? Yeech! (Sorry...that wasn't very charitable of me, was it?)

And on a personal note:

10) When will the Catholic school system do something about the deplorable lack of schools for children with learning disorders? There is NOT ONE SINGLE school in the (very wealthy) Diocese of Rockville Centre (Long Island, NY) that would allow Catholic families to secure Catholic educations for their learning disabled kids.

That's about it for now. I hope somebody sees these lists and does something about them.

Regards,

"Why has kneeling for Communion become verboten?"

I wonder about that also. Who came up with the bright idea that falling on your knees in the presence of Christ is no longer considered an appropriate posture? Yes,I know, I've heard the reason about being "resurrection people." But kneeling has been a long standing tradition. Why did the liturgists and whoever else forced the standing issue find kneeling to be such a problem?