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To: MplsSteve
I’m starting to see the same thing in different areas of the Catholic Church. There is a growing “peace and justice” wing that seems to exercise a disproportionate amount of strength in certain geographical areas.

Maybe you just didn't notice it earlier. The leaders of the liberal and largely dissident Catholic movement are mostly graying, although they have succeeded in doing a lot of damage.

I was an Episcopalian before I was a Catholic. In some ways, the Catholic Church led the way into dissent after Vatican 2, and the Episcopal Church unfortunately followed their lead. But the difference is that the Catholic Church has the Pope and the Magisterium, while the Episcopal Church for many years has been a warm & fuzzy consensus with no real leadership.

You could say that the Archbishop of Canterbury runs the show, but he doesn't have that much influence, even in England, and certainly not over the whole Anglican communion. He only has moral suasion, and over the years most of that has been kicked away.

As a result, the Catholic Church will recover, but the Episcopal Church may not.

6 posted on 12/12/2007 2:49:22 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

We still have WAAAYYY too many lefties in the parish, as bishops - we have our own pederast-enabler in NH - Bishop McCormack, and some cardinals (mahoney in LA and whatever his name is in Boston - who JUST recently found his voice and made a statement about pro-abortionist Catholics). We have a LONG way to go.


7 posted on 12/12/2007 3:00:52 PM PST by NHResident
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To: Cicero
As a result, the Catholic Church will recover, but the Episcopal Church may not.

Thanks for the good news. As a "cradle Catholic" I needed to hear that reasoning.

8 posted on 12/12/2007 3:01:19 PM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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