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So....... now that we're 12 months down the tracks, I guess we can look back and ask; what was the upshot of this Newsweek article? How much did it "rock" the Church?

And that is probably the saddest aspect of this situation. The status quo remains. No dramatic action by the Vatican. The "gay priest" website remains. Scandalous.

And that is probably the saddest aspect of this situation. The status quo remains. No dramatic action by the Vatican. The "gay priest" website remains. Scandalous.

In the original Newsweek article, the phrase "rocking the Church" was used in quite a different sense, as when a boxer is "rocked" by a punch and disoriented. Perhaps staggered, rendered unconscious or knocked out.

IOW, Newsweek was expecting some serious damage to the Church. Not rejoicing at the prospect or eagerly awaiting it, of course. No, no, no........perish the thought. Such a thing would be beneath a publication of the caliber of Newsweek.

I think that the passage of 12 months, allows us to put things in perspective and ask just how much the Church was rocked in that sense. The purification is ongoing, the de-lavenderization will take some time but the Church will emerge from this trial stronger and more evangelical. Counter-intuitive to the naysayers but the Church is not a human construct.