[ultima ratio]

The bishops "have a bond with the people"? I don't think so. The bond, if it exists, is with the clergy--and sometimes only with those who are only in their own clique. Nor will ending the rule of celibacy end the crisis. It is a crisis of faith. No men, married nor celibate, can give to others what they don't have to give. The truth is, the rules for spiritual formation must change. Faith must be quickened in the seminaries first--which means a top-down housecleaning. I don't see this happening. It's still business-as-usual.

[ultima ratio]

sometimes only with those who are only in their own clique=sometimes only with those in their own clique.

[rogator]

"The bishops "have a bond with the people"?"

It's awfully hard for me to have a bond with someone who has paid hush money to lovers of pervert clerics and also ignored, even fostered the abuse of the liturgy as well as the destruction of our Catholic traditions.