It would have been nice to hear this 30 or 35 years ago.
9 posted on 04/21/2009 4:58:26 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
Yes, many lost their way in the decade between Mario Cuomo's "I'm personally opposed, but ..." speech in 1984 and John Paul II's "Gospel of Life" encyclical in 1995. But the Bishops aren't puppet masters pulling strings to solve problems instantly. Nonetheless, a massive shift is occuring, brilliantly summarized by Monsignor Philip J.Reilly in this PDF.