[maryz]

This is not a criticism; it is a plea. Please, bishops and cardinals, come out of the chanceries. Pray with us. Recite the Rosary. Adore the Blessed Sacrament in public. Heal. This will solve more than a dozen national meetings or trips to Rome or press conferences.

Cardinal Law, for one would have to start like Henry the Whatever at Canossa -- three days barefoot in the snow first (though we don't get much snow in Boston in May). If Law did this, he would look like an even bigger hypocrite than he does now. Anyway, with the current state budget crunch (pace Howie Carr, who prefers "crunch"), we can't afford the state troopers to protect him, seeing as "the average Catholic" here wants his head on a pike.

I don't mean to sound as if I question the power of prayer, but don't I recall something about making your peace with your brother before you offer your sacrifice?

[american colleen]

Cardinal Law, for one would have to start like Henry the Whatever at Canossa -- three days barefoot in the snow first (though we don't get much snow in Boston in May). If Law did this, he would look like an even bigger hypocrite than he does now. Anyway, with the current state budget crunch (pace Howie Carr, who prefers "crunch"), we can't afford the state troopers to protect him, seeing as "the average Catholic" here wants his head on a pike.

I've seen snow in May! "If you don't like the weather right now, just wait a minute..."

You are right about Cardinal Law, I've heard he has to have 2 bodyguards at all times. I honestly believe if Cardinal Law entered any church aside of his own (Holy Cross) most people would leave.