“Making themselves irrelevant”...Too late in this house...
Political considerations overtook morality long ago with the Catholic Church...
Wouldn’t want to offend the temporal authorities...Might not get invited to stuff anymore if we call them out for their sins...Wouldn’t want to disturb anyone...
Wouldn’t want to offend temporal authorities....
Heard a quote by a priest saying he will die in bed, his successor will die in prison, his successor will die a martyr in the public square, and his successor will lead the reborn church.