[Missouri gal]

Sounds a bit like a dodge. What is needed is a thorough investigation of Pope Francis and his closest allies in the hierarchy, preliminary to kicking him and the rest of them out. Not sure a synod is the tool for the job.

[narses]

ping

[ealgeone]

Yet what we can all do is turn in prayer to the Holy Spirit, asking, too, the help of Mary, Mother of the Church, that we might grow in holiness, deepen our faith, redouble our prayer, our Bible study, our love for Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, our attempts to live out in practice what we profess.

Roman Catholicism continues to advance the false teaching that they have to pray to Mary and that she is the "mother of the church".

It seems in Roman Catholicism that the Spirit is somehow insufficient in the life of the Roman Catholic.

[The Great RJ]

The three things are needed: FIrst, the mass excommunication of clergy involved either as perpetrators or in covering up the crimes. Second, a reiteration of the Church’s teaching that homosexuality is a grave sin and morally wrong in any circumstance. Third, the Pope should order all churches to conduct special prayers and spiritual cleansing of their premises to ward off Satan and the other evil spirits that are the source of this mess.

[PapaBear3625]

Nothing’s going to get fixed until the issue of gay clergy is addressed.