[old and tired]

I'm not sure what a Neo is, but since I'm not a Trad, I suppose I am Neo.

1)When is something concrete going to be done about the gays in the hierarchy and the priesthood? We've got Rigali coming to Philadelphia and he hasn't said whether he will continue to disallow gays at our seminary. 1a)When will the Church admit that it has never been a pedophilia crisis, but a chicken-hawking one? The young priests here are excellent and quite frankly I'm frightened that something will be done that will start the gays coming in.

2)How are the so called Catholic colleges going to be made to fall in line with Church teaching? Don't let them call themselves Catholic when they're not.

3)When is something going to be done about pro-abortion politicians calling themselves Catholic? There is a fine opportunity to make the Democrats look like the minions of Satan that they are by highlighting those who will not confirm practicing Catholics to federal judgeships.

4)Why are children not being taught in the Catholic schools that they should go to weekly confession?

5)Why is Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament not mandatory in every parish across the country?

I think a lot of the other problems would clear themselves up if #5 were mandated.

Like LadyDoc I am tired of Churchspeak and want to hear their answers in plain English.

[jocon307]

3)When is something going to be done about pro-abortion politicians calling themselves Catholic?

I would rank this the #1 issue making Catholics look bad today.

[livius]

I don't even know where to begin. One of the problems is that the Church has lost an entire generation (perhaps even two) to bad teaching, and right now, it's necessary to start at the beginning and build the whole thing up again.

So I'll put in my vote for sound teaching. And its got to be AGRESSIVE: that is, send out truth-filled missionaries to every parish in every diocese to really teach Catholic doctrine to children and adults, regardless of how mad it makes Fr. Bruce Limpwrist and Sr. Snowflake Wannabeapriest. Individual parishes and priests teach and prach whatever they please, and most of it bears precious little resemblance to Christian doctrine.

Also, permit the Tridentine Rite freely, as it is supposed to be permitted. After all, if "nobody" is going to go to it anyway, what are Father and Sister afraid of? Hah!

[sinkspur]

Why is Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament not mandatory in every parish across the country?

We have it on First Fridays, but requiring PERPETUAL adoration won't work, at least in our parish.

We tried it for a week, three years ago, and the insurance salesman just happened by when the Church was open and unattended for TWO HOURS.

He told the pastor, in no uncertain terms, that our premiums would increase 30% if the Church was open 24/7.

[B Knotts]

I like all your suggestions, but I find this one especially outstanding:

2)How are the so called Catholic colleges going to be made to fall in line with Church teaching? Don't let them call themselves Catholic when they're not.

It's high time something was done about this. Our "Catholic" universities are an embarassment.

[TotusTuus]

***4)Why are children not being taught in the Catholic schools that they should go to weekly confession? their Catholic Faith?