The Pope and Obama are very similar. You don’t know if their actions come from stupidity and ignorance, arrogance and isolation, or a genuine desire to do harm.
In the case of Obama, I’d say it’s all three, with an emphasis on the last. In the case of the Pope, I’d say it’s a combination of ignorance and arrogance. He somehow thinks he knows better than the Church of two millennia.
US bishops are certainly struggling. There are a lot of go along to get along guys, such as Dolan, but some of the many new good ones are either being openly attacked from Rome or are uncertain about how to proceed.
Terrible situation. The Church will not fail or fall, because there have been worse situations in the past and everything has worked out. But it’s going to be very difficult for many people in the near future.
I thought it would be coming from the culture, NOT the Church itself. PRAY.