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[NYer]

We realize that in the modern structure of the world there may be the need for diplomacy and certain trappings of power but worry that in this regard modern chanceries (limos, palatial rectories) have become too worldly.

CARDINAL ROGER MAHONY'S LEGACY

[GenXFreedomFighter]

What we mean is that instead of a bureaucratic approach -- instead of the current aloofness -- our leaders should be evangelical.

So true. We need apostles, not CEO's. It was expressed pretty well recently in a FR post that the bishops are too concerned with money and *ss-covering and not concerned enough about spirituality.

They should be mystical.

We here in America (and perhaps the world over) need to be reminded what mystery is. We've been robbed of it by the literal-mindedness that is mistakenly perceived as the genuine search for real truth. Hopefully we will see some leaders soon who understand mystery and can convey its meaning.

[chatham]

Thanks for the ping.

I think its over for the current crop of Bishops and Cardinals, since they see themsalves as above Prayer.

They at least would have to be put on a short leash and made to toe the line.

They have been to insulated in their Bastions of Power, that the poor have helped pay for, to remember their roots.

Right now Laws' response to the pleas of the people is that of a Dictatorial Despot,intimidation,supression and vengeance.

[pegleg]

Come out of the chanceries, dear cardinals, and pray with us into the night. Lay your hands on us. We need you! This month of May, pray the Rosary.

Amen to that!

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

He has some points. I'll say what I have been saying again: They need to stand up and enforce Ex Corde Ecclesiae. As long as this idea continues that it is OK for anti-Catholic dissenters, liberals, and neo-modernist looters and vandals to squat on church property in positions of authority, power, and teaching influence, where they can intimidate and harass sincere Catholics, the Church in American will continue to have problems. The misrepresentation of Catholicism and Catholic culture has to end on church property. We need to re-evangelize and re-catechize the Church itself. They should not rest for one minute as long as these abuses persist. Why are they silent on this now? What kind of a "father" of a "family" allows anti-Catholic hecklers to harass his children in his own home?