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You are probably right that this will all take time. There are actually quite a number of good Catholics active both as priests and as lay educators who are providing a good foundation for the next century. We do need to see bishops addressing certain things more confidently and forcefully. The PC dissenters really need to move along. If they don't want to uphold and support the Catholic faith, there are faithful Catholics who can replace them. The traditional and historic centers of Catholic learning in the U.S. need to be reclaimed by our leaders. Bishops should be actively speaking out against dissent wherever it rears its ugly head. No one has a right to squat on church property and force everyone else to listen to their anti-Catholic, PC whining.

Good for them. In the Episcopal Church they had the now-famous “Righter Trial” a few years ago, and the right of a Bishop to ordain non-celibate homosexuals was affirmed. The higher-ups who run the national church organization are of the opinion that anyone who is uncomfortable with the fact of open homosexuality in the ordained ministry is homophobic, reactionary, and unloving. A lot of Episcopal clergy feel that having openly homosexual men in the ordained ministry does not raise the statistical chances that teenage boys who might happen to be around such priests in church settings will be preyed upon sexually. Activist groups in the laity are in agreement. Laity who do not agree with this generally keep their mouths shut out of fear of being called intolerant. Or, they leave the church.