Many of us have been trying to do just that but it has been an uphill battle for the last 20 years.
How it works is exactly part of the problem. We're a starkly hierarchical Church. A bishop's power over his priests is almost absolute...and if he's a liberal, you can only imagine what damage he can inflict. Traditional parishes form, grow patiently and slowly, and start to really catch on...and then get squashed like a bug.
For a while, that hierarchy was working in our favor. Benedict being elected was a refreshing shock, and it looked like we were on the cusp of a real Renaissance. But then...
Man I can't figure out what happened from there. My head's still spinning over all of it. The resignation, the election and governance of Bergoglio.
The one bright spot is that time is on our side. The committed young people still in the Church are very traditional...they fill parishes with young families while the aging 60s liberal retreads are presiding over geriatric, dying communities. If we can hold out against those orcs, things will get better.
If.
Thank you for the insight! So what really happened with Benedict? He’s only the 2nd Pope in history to resign, correct? Clearly it wasn’t his health as he’ll still with us all these years later. I’ve never been able to figure his resignation out.