A Meeting of the Minds - John Paul II calls the U.S. cardinals to Rome

Newsweek via MSNBC.com ^ | 29 April 2002 | Kenneth L. Woodward (Erik Amfittheatrof in Rome)

[history_matters]

His office said he was in seclusion, spending his time in prayer. But somehow Boston

[Aquinasfan]

“It’s not a panacea that you have married clergy or women clergy,” Mahony said. “At this point, I’m a proponent of the discussion.”

A discussion?! The pope already said that women cannot be priests. It's over and done with. This is plainly heretical. Unreal.

[redhead]

...and, AAAAA-MEN!!

[choirboy]

Let us pray that they will do some good, old-fashioned butt-kicking. Our Holy Father can not do it by himself. He needs help.

OK, I've cleared my calendar. Where do I sign up?

[ThomasMore]

..."but what would I do when they want to get divorced?"

-- What did he do when his priests wanted to get divorced from the Church?
-- What did he do when his priests' behaved immorally?
-- What did he do with his practicing homosexual priests and their boyfriends?
-- What did he do with his embezzeling priests?
-- What did he do with the pedophile priests.

I suppose what any REAL bishop would do...DEFROCK them.

The problem isn't whether a priest is celibate or married...its' how he stands with the Lord. Its the condition of his soul...not his state in life.

[history_matters]

Defrock the lot of them even if that leaves us with just a few bishops in Africa, a bishop in Nebraska, and a few priests scattered around.