[Convert from ECUSA]

"While Pope Benedict XVI listened in the Vatican's synod hall where the meetings are taking place, across the River Tiber, members the European-based We Are Church and the American FutureChurch reform groups outlined their hopes for the synod. "We would like the bishops to have more liberty to decide for themselves, according to the requirements and demands of their specific regions," said German theology professor Dr. Norbert Scholl. Referring to the synod whose specific topic is the Eucharist, the groups said their main concerns were the shortage of priests and the problem of sharing Communion with other Christian denominations. "`When members of the same family cannot sit down and eat together, the family is in trouble," said Austrian psychologist Martha Heizer. An American nun, Sister Christine Schenk from FutureChurch, noted that parishes in the United States are being affected by the shortage of priests. Along with allowing non-celibate men into the priesthood, she suggested women deacons. "There are a lot of available and willing women out there," she said at a news conference Tuesday. The groups expressed the hope that Benedict could make changes. "He knows the rules of the game," said Heizer, pointing to the pope's 24 years of experience as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith before his election to the papacy in April."

Aw jeeze, not this [bleeeeeep] again! Time for Benedict XVI and the orthodox leadership to get very serious with this carpetbagging "dissenters", apply a few hickory switches to cabooses, and follow up with excommunications. These people are not part of the Church in any real way, shape, or form. Send them down the street to the local episcopagan or unitarian gathering.

[wideawake]

They keep quoting these miniscule "dissident" groups as if they were equal participants in the discussion.

This would be like writing an article on baseball and quoting Red Sox fans equally with the Yankees' GM on matters pertaining to Yankees' business strategy.

They have no standing, no professional expertise and a conflict of interest.