[Brian Kopp DPM]

I think we're living in the Great Apostasy foretold at Fatima, and the Third Secret predicted it, and the Pope knows it, but is constrained by internal politics from addressing it directly.

The Pope knows that this homosexual/pedophile rot reaches up to the top in many countries, and that it is the culmination of the Chastisement foretold at Fatima.

We need to increase our prayers and sacrifices for him by an order of magnitude.

[NYer]

I agree with all you have written. We both know the challenge of practicing our Catholic faith in a diocese run by an uber liberal bishop. Hence, we can better appreciate the depravity so manifest in other countries like Austria and Belgium. I found the following, interesting. Pay no heed to the title; it's the content that matters, especially this:

“For millions in Europe and America,” he writes, Catholicism is “finished” — “permanently associated with sexual scandal, rather than the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Perhaps the sexual scandal is not the chief culprit, but church leadership’s inability to respond adequately is certainly a symptom of something deep seated. More and more I contemplate the possibility that Douthat may be right. What do others think?

It's important to read the original article linked at this site.

Is the church finished?