[ebb tide]

Some or many of its bishops, and consequently the church, have been infected by the culture,secularism and the thinking of the age.

But don't these wayward bishops that you speak of have a boss? Why doesn't the Boss shut down all dissension against Church doctrine, with the snap of his fingers, at this Synod?

Or is the Bishop of Rome also infected by "the culture, secularism and the thinking of the age"?

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Why doesn't the Boss shut down all dissension against Church doctrine, with the snap of his fingers, at this Synod?

These are pastoral, prudential decisions, not dogmatic theology. Sure, the pope can circumscribe the debate to some degree, but it's an advisory council to the pope. It's not a legislative body. Better to air on the side of tolerance. Let the bishops speak their minds.

But they need to do a better job with the information that they're distributing to the media.

[RBStealth]

May the Good Lord take a liking to you.