[Alberta's Child]

I was privy to a fascinating conversation a few years ago with someone who is a "Catholic insider" in high places in Rome. It doesn't bode well for the future except that it pretty much clarifies what we are up against -- in both the Catholic Church and the world at large.

His synopsis of the state of the Church -- and keep in mind this man says this without a trace of anger or hysteria -- is this:

1. The Catholic clergy is filled with homosexuals.

2. The hierarchy of the Catholic Church is filled with bishops and cardinals who don't even believe in God, let alone the basic precepts of the Catholic Faith.

I agree with his underlying sentiment about where things are headed. Give it another few decades, and the Traditional Latin Mass communities scattered around the world will be the only thing left of the Catholic Church. It will be stronger than ever, but very small.

[ebb tide]

I believe him.

Today we have a dictator pope who will kneel to kiss diplomats shoes and wash muslims feet on Holy Thursday; yet he refuses to kneel before God.