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Part of how Operation Compassionate Hostile Takeover worked: They gradually wore down the numbers of the faithful by introducing policies which were obnoxious to the faithful. The faithful often left, seeking "better" churches. By the time the most horrific outrages were committed, there were insufficient ranks of the faithful left to oppose the leftists.

A great strength of the Roman Catholic Church is, ironically, that faithful Catholics have nowhere else to go. They must stay and fight. The church doctrines cannot be amended by heretics, and whatever errors are permitted within the Church, though they may be many and widespread, cannot take root. They will be swept away in subsequent crises.

It is true the liberals have taken horrible power in the Catholic Church, but it is significant that the doctrines, even if they are ignored, have not been bent. Regardless of what hereses Bishop Pilla permits, all Catholics know that homosexuality is not permitted.

Please don't read that as triumphantalism. Rather, understand it as the basis for the imperative that Christ gave that his people be one. I pray that the Anglican Church someday reunites with the Roman Church, but I also pray that it avoids schism. I am given great hope that the upcoming Lambeth meeting will uphold the faithful in America, rather than continue down this ruinous road.