[Desdemona]

"Today the American Church is known for its internal dissention and frank disbelief. The list of organizations whose members are in full communion with the Church and call themselves Catholic, and yet promote patently anti-Catholic positions, seems endless. The causes these organizations support include homosexuality, abortion, female priests, gay and lesbian priests, divorce and re-marriage, sex outside of marriage, and a panoply of ‘women's issues.’ These organizations flatly reject the teaching authority of the Magisterium, and evidence of these organizations' influence, whether pamphlets, members, or invited speakers, can be found in virtually any parish one randomly enters. These dissenting groups didn't appear out of nowhere. They find their origin, direction, and support in the American catechetical and theological establishments. These are the academics and professional educators who shape the minds and consciences of American youngsters and adults."

That state of affairs, many devout Catholics say, is the fault of the bishops here in America. It could not exist if they were fulfilling their responsibilities as shepherds of their flocks.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Left to our own devices, without God and the teaching of the church, we get into all sorts of trouble.

And when bishops like Myers and Chaput and the like speak orthodoxy, they are "dissed" at it were. It's sad to say, but it's true.

[sinkspur]

And when bishops like Myers and Chaput and the like speak orthodoxy, they are "dissed" at it were.

I don't read many criticisms of Chaput. He's very smooth, and nuanced, like a sports car.

Myers, comparably, acts like a dump truck.