[Askel5]

Thanks for link. I don't remember catching that.

The cure, he said, is openness and accountability.

Given the detail (particularly about Mundelein) in Rose's The Roots of the Scandal, it seems hard to believe they've turned on a dime somehow and are ready to serve as model of reform.

Makes you wonder.

[Salvation]

Turning on a dime?

I don't think so; this change toward a deeper faith and a dedication to the commitments that the deaconate, priests and bishops make will take time.

We need to continue our prayers for the strengthening of the church..................after all..................we are the Church, co-members along with the hierarchy and those called to a consecrated life.

[ventana]

One Cardinal, Cardinal George, started a task force on investigating and improving the catechism. The force seemed comprised largely of the laity, and their findings recommended mainly in the area of multicultualism. IOW, in particular parishes, the catechism should be driven by a sympathy to the participants ethnicity. Blech. Worse, not better. My solution? I think I am going to pursue a Masters of Religious Education and I think I am going to infiltrate. I am not kidding. V's wife.