[Rashputin]

I"m sorry, but a revolt against a Bishop here and there seems a lot more fruitful than caring what Francis says or doesn't say.

The Catholic Church in this country is about 80% people who are Protestant in all but name or Cafeteria Catholics at best but the Pope is the proper focus instead of local Priests and Bishops?

Pile on the Pope is so, I dunno, so Protest Ant like the crowd in Charlotte who piled on a faithful Nun with no fear of any blow-back from faithful Catholics in their own neck of the woods.

Maybe if the "faithful" didn't have bigger fish to fry in the person of the Pope things would be different down here in the sticks, right?

I don't see it. Sorry. I'm not being snarky, either, I just see a lot of complaints about what people can't do anything about compared to action where they could make a difference.

But then again, I've only been Catholic a few years so maybe it takes a while to catch on. Heck, I wasted good gas money I didn't have to go to Charlotte and complain in person at the Bishops little fiefdom. I should have saved my gas money and burned Francis in effigy, is that it?

[Rashputin]

I forgot to ping you in my response to something but I’m catching up from days ago so it may not matter.

Regards

[piusv]

(1) I never said we shouldn't be talking about the Bishops. But let's not fool ourselves. Francis believes and teaches much of what they believe and teach.

(2) Protestants protest what the Catholic Church/Pope teaches versus what they see as Truth. Traditionalists protest what the Pope teaches versus what the Catholic Church has always taught prior to Vatican II. TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.

(3) As for making changes? I don't know. I honestly think that only God can intervene in the Crisis that is the Catholic Church these days. But in the mean time, I'm not going to keep my head in the sand.