[sinkspur]

The Bishops do not need a "reservoir of good will" to make appropriate moral decisions on this issue

No they don't. But they do need moral credibility to be listened to, by their priests and people.

They don't have it.

[ninenot]

But they do need moral credibility to be listened to, by their priests and people. They don't have it.

SPeak for your own situation, Sink.

I fully expect that 40% of the Milwaukee-area priests will openly or quietly rebel if Dolan makes a pronouncement similar to Burke's.

But I already KNEW that those priests would resist orthodoxy. Tough. They will meet a Judge who is willing to listen to their pleas....

[Campion]

But they do need moral credibility to be listened to, by their priests and people.

The truth is the truth, whether it's spoken by someone with "moral credibility" or not. If the bishops speak with the voice of Christ from the mind of Christ, they will be listened to.

[redhead]

"No they don't. But they do need moral credibility to be listened to, by their priests and people. They don't have it."

MOST of them don't, assuredly, thanks to their wishy-washy stands on the things we are discussing and their ability to be compromised and blackmailed. Surely you are not saying that the bishops who speak out on behalf of Life and the doctrines of the Church aren't morally credible?