[slapshot]

The Vatican the corporate HQ of the oldest, largest most profitable multinational corporation on the planet. They will finesse a deal with dear leader, mark my words. In the end, the Corporate VPS (aka Cardinals) will sign on to what they consider a reasonable business decision and support obamacare implementation with a few tweaks of doctrine. Pedophile priests will continue to ravage unsuspecting parishes, doctrines will become mushy, pro abortion legislators will be members in good standing (as long as the collection plates will continue to be heavy).

[RobbyS]

Not quite so simple. Vatican II was in part a rebellion against Rome, led by bishops, priests and theologians with their own agenda. It is less what is in the documents as what these leaders afterwards said was in them. I am reminded of the Church after the first council, which condemned Arius. Only, many of the clergy had one foot in his camp, and the Emperor found it persuasive. Soon we have three parties: the Catholics, the Arians, and the Semi-Arians—the mushy middle. Today we have the “conservatives”, the liberals, and the guys in the middle, the kind that in the Johnny Cash song is called “a Methodist.”