I bet the clergy, in general, are more liberal than the laity. I bet the bishops, in general, are way more liberal than the rest of the clergy. It’s a testament to America and the Catholic faith that the laity isn’t even more liberal, in my opinion.
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Some of them are, a minority, and that’s the problem. They are not being shown the error of their ways or being told to leave, by and large.
Of course a lot of the Catholic Church’s problems in the US go back to a horrific decision that allowed “gay but not practicing” into the priesthood. This has caused some diocese to become nothing more than orgy houses for these sickos as they trade favors and position amongst each other, and drive anyone in the ranks opposed to their nonsense out to the boonies.
The Pope really needs to clean house in many of these dioceses, and many of the laypeople have no idea how bad their dioceses are in regards to this mess.
The young ones coming through the ranks now, no. They are not liberal in any way and there are MANY choir directors and liturgists bemoaning that fact. I hear it all the time. Sorry, people, but the 80's are gone and the liberal bishops are retiring and dying out.