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"This says to me that the Vatican ... is not prepared to move into the 21st Century, which it desperately needs to do," said Durso, who was raised Catholic but no longer practices.

At the risk of repeating myself from one thread to another, I'll say it one last time. The pope's responsibility is to conserve the deposit of faith entrusted the the Catholic Church by our Lord, Jesus Christ and His Apostles.

Those catholics (in name only) who do not agree with the teachings of the church are free to leave and join any of the 30,000+ other christian churches that embrace those teachings they personally espouse. Even under the worst popes, NEVER has a pope erred on doctrine! The Church is a barque carrying the truths of our faith. (read my tagline)

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An interesting, entertaining, and completely disingenuous article. Disingenuous because it simply doesn't wash with my own personal experiences. I just started going back to church recently and it's interesting to compare what the MSM is saying versus the truth seen with my own eyes.

My parish is brand new and it's standing room only in the half completed church. The parish is friendly and the excitement is palpable. These are the only Catholic services I've gone to where no one kneels in prayer; it's a physical impossibility given the cramped quarters and the lack of pews.

My parish priest is African. To my pleasant shock, the last homily discussed the philosophies of Albert Camus and Jean Paul Satre and the curse of existentialism. Wow.

Contrary to what this article suggests, I note no angst in my congregation about the failure of the church to accept secular ideas about abortion, homosexuality, marriage for priests, etc. My fellow parishioners seem quite content with their new church, their parish, and the ideas being expressed by our priest.

So I wonder where all these disaffected Catholics are? They certainly aren't in my parish. Perhaps where they exist is not so much in the church itself, but in the overactive imaginations of those who oppose the church in the first place.