This saddens me beyond belief. Here I am trying to turn my kids back towards the church as I’m being driven away from the Pope and my Cardinal with their liberal world view. I still believe, but not in its leadership. Sad.
That is about the healthiest Catholic attitude you can have actually!
We have had bad popes and bishops and we will have them again. They are all subservient to Christ anyway....stick with Him and don't fret about the middle management.
And tell your kids what we Italian folk have been telling ours from time immemorial:
"Do what the priest says, not what the priest does."
Didn't a majority of Catholics (including priests) side with Arius during the Arian Heresy? Unfortunately many of our clergy, by their defense of and collaboration with democrats and marxists, seem to have also chosen the wide gate.