I should probably let a Roman Catholic answer this, but I think the first answer is the Holy Spirit.
Now if the question is what human being has the authority to straighten the mess out in the Catholic Church -- there is no doubt in my mind -- from the outside mind you -- that Mother Angelica the TV nun is the one who should clean house.
I think it should come from the top down, meaning JP11. Here I am a lifelong Catholic and from Boston - which has a huge Catholic population and I just watched Mother Angelica (a rerun show) for the first time last week. The Catholic station is only shown for a 1/2 day and then there are NC shows on for the balance of the day. I think where a lot of Catholics work during the day, she might not have the exposure - although she certainly can take up the clarion - and I think she will once she regains her health. She is certainly not cowed by the American Bishops - her actions in the past have proven that.
How about that Bishop from Nebraska? Bruskiewicz or something like that. I have read that he is a straight shooter and follows Church teaching and not the AmChurch distortions.
I believe it's the Holy Spirit that has brought this sin out into the light where hopefully it'll have to be dealt with rather then the continual covering up that has been going on forever.
Now if the question is what human being has the authority to straighten the mess out in the Catholic Church -- there is no doubt in my mind -- from the outside mind you -- that Mother Angelica the TV nun is the one who should clean house.
Before any one person can have a say so, doesn't it have to be given the go ahead by a group of bishops or cardinals at the Vatican first?
Is this Mother Angelica known world wide, or just locally?
JH