[Polycarp]

I did not intend to give the impression that the entire order is pack of poufters. I suspect you know that quite well, but I apologize if you got the impression you note.

It is not a mentality that I comprehend

Then you must not comprehend the necessity of Catholic activism, so eloquently retold recently by JPII. My posts are not about dwelling on the negative but motivating the faithful to DO something positive! The motto of the Catholic Family Association of America, of which I am Vice President, is "Truth Before Unity, Charity in Truth: Translating Catholic Sorrow and Outrage into Catholic Truth."

"The only thing worse than being patronized is being piously patronized." --FReeper Polycarp

[Romulus]

Neocon can speak for himself -- very well too -- but I suspect one thing that troubled him was the thread title which seems to implicate all Benedictines for the sins of a few. Polycarp, I do not think you'd have thought well of a thread title reading "Catholic Priests still recruiting Gay Men". Well, the title actually used is no less unfair, uncharitable, misleading, and needlessly scandalous.

[ninenot]

Those who have hope, of course, also have a plan. The plan should include a kind of 'roadmap'--and the roadmap should include spots marked "danger."

Knowing where danger lurks--whether with certain Bishops, priests, Cardinals, or other laymen--is important.

One of the best resources in that regard is FR.