[Emmett McCarthy]

I think most Catholics disagree and disapprove of what Mahoney and some others are doing. I also know that what the Bishops say is NOT binding on us as Catholics and only "ex cathedra" pronouncements from the Pope can compel obedience. Mahoney is taking a political stance here - no matter how he tries to cloak it in some kind of moral ledgermain - and Catholics can, and I believe will, reject it.

[armydoc]

only "ex cathedra" pronouncements from the Pope can compel obedience.

You don't agree with Lumen Gentium then:

"This loyal submission of the will and intellect must be given, in a special way, to the authentic teaching authority [magisterium] of the Roman Pontiff, even when he does not speak ex cathedra in such wise, indeed, that his supreme teaching authority be acknowledged with respect, and that one sincerely adhere to decisions made by him, conformably with his manifest mind and intention, which is made known principally either (1) by the character of the documents in question, or (2) by the frequency with which a certain doctrine is proposed, or (3) by the manner in which the doctrine is formulated."

[gueroloco]

Well said. This one rejects him and his ilk. They are morally bankrupt hypocrites. All the fancy trappings that go with their fiefdoms cannot disguise the fact that they are lowlife SCUM.