[Desdemona]

The author touches on it a bit, but this is a symptom of a much larger problem - widespread dissent. I doubt there will be a split any worse than there is now as the hard-core liberals are for the most part dying off or aging. A good many have isolated themselves in magnet parishes (it keeps them away from the rest of us).

There are a lot of "Catholics" out there who will challenge a norm on principle. When Catholic, there is no principle save what the church teaches. The problem being that the church doesn't adequately teach what it should. Sunday morning I heard the second most offensive "s" word to liberals come out of a priest's mouth - shame. It's a concept that needs to return. Liberals have none and by persuading others to shed theirs, they are contributing to the destruction of others.

[CitizenUSA]

Desdomona: “I heard the second most offensive “s” word to liberals come out of a priest’s mouth - shame.”

Repentance is impossible for someone who doesn’t feel the shame of sin. It’s kind of hard to say, “Father forgive me for my sins” when you don’t think you’ve done anything wrong.