[NYer]

Brian Saint-Paul is editor of Crisis Magazine.

[NYer]

Have a good laugh ..........

TAKE BACK OUR CHURCH

[AnAmericanMother]

So a democratic Church with elected bishops and a national ecclesial constitution. If all of that sounds more political than spiritual, it's no coincidence.

Hey, guys, hate to let you in on a little secret, but it's already been done.

Oh, and, P.S.. . .

Why don't you go over there with all the like-minded loony tunes and just leave faithful Catholics alone?

[wideawake]

I've always said that the worst thing about Catholicism is how half-vast the Code of Canon Law is.

It's a serious problem.

Campaigning for full vastness is a moral imperative.

[kawaii]

dissenting catholic organizations... aren't those called protestants?

[Mercat]

If you haven't already, I strongly recommend that you read Peggy Noonan's John Paul the Great.

[Dominick]

priest-people and our people-people

People-people...

[Krista33]

The priest at a local parish here said in one of his homilies a while ago that "it used to be that when people had a problem with the Catholic church....they left. We call them Protestants. Now, they stay, and they complain and they want the Church to change. If you don't like the doctrine of the Catholic church, you shouldn't campaign to have it changed."

[bornacatholic]

I'm Chairman of "Hands Off Our Church, Hebetates".

HOOCH is an implacable foe of anybody and anything which rankles or upsets me/us. Kaiser and his take-back-the-church types, and fake women priests, and Catholics for Free Choice, and the Call-To-Action-Voice of the Future With Fidel Fans.

I am holding my first meeting tonight and I wouldn't be surprised to discover a lot of anger, bad language, imprecations, insults, invective and poorly-reasoned responses will be generated to combat the dire threats posed by these bathetic groups.

I mean, they represent, what, nearly 1/100th of 1% of all Catholics in America? They must be taken seriously.

Weapons must be cleaned, ammo stocks refreshed, wine ordered, huge hunks of meat must be bathed in some sort of garlic, olive oil, bitter herbs and wine marinade and lump charcoal must be hauled home in a van...

Then, demonstrations must be planned, placards painted and whatnot. Oh, and ice for the beer...

[siunevada]

We will write a Declaration of Autochthony, one that will challenge our priest-people and our people-people to work out a constitution for the American Church

I guess he doesn't know how to use a search engine, he wants to re-invent the autochthonous wheel:

A PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Quit yammering about it and get on with it, dude. Hire some rent-a-priests and womenpriests and get on with it!

[redhead]

This, basically, has been the goal all along. Nothing must do, but an "American" Catholic Church, separate and independent of the Roman Catholic Church. A lot of the dissenters, though, will probably protest that this is not what they had/have in mind; that they want only to "restore" the Roman Catholic Church and make it more "responsive" to today's "modern Catholic." It's about time somebody actually came forward to do what they have been dreaming of for the last 40 years.

[Barnacle]

If someone is going to take back our church, I hope it includes taking it back from those who condone illegal immigration, or more accurately - foreign invasion.