Your charitable views speaks well of your spirit. My soul is scarred and darkened and perhaps my now cynical nature has taken the better of me, but the composition of this commission does not lead me to trust. Gov. Keating's comments may well be read as you (and others here) have read them, me I read them as an embrace of collegiality and Modernism and an advancement of a councilliar Church as opposed to an hierarchal Church. I hope and pray I am wrong and your view is correct.
Dear narses,
Thank you for the compliment.
It may be that your views coincide better with reality than mine.
But I'm willing to wait and watch and see what actually transpires before I criticize.
He's already shown sensitivity to the fact that he lacks any canonical authority. He seems to understand that the only authority that he can wield is moral authority, and only then by accurately reflecting the best of the consensus of the laity.
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