[pgkdan]

Well there goes any respect I had left for Gov. Keating. he should be forced to resign from the commission now. If he can't see his role in a Catholic light he's in the wrong church and certainly doesn't belong on this commission. Luther wrought more havoc on Christianity than anyone since Arius. To endorse him in his position is heresy. Are we, America's Roman Catholics, Lutherans now???

[narses]

"Are we, America's Roman Catholics, Lutherans now???"

Do we divorce in record numbers? Do we use birth control ignoring the rules of our own Church? Do we use "general absolution" in place of confession? Have we taken down the statues, the Communnion Rails, moved the Altar so that the priest looks to the people instead of to God? Have we divorced women handing out the Consecrated Hosts without regards to the State of Grace of the Communicants? Do we stand and ask for the Host in our hand?

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

First of all, lay people are involved in the Church. Maybe they need to be more involved and at different levels, but really, the bishops and the rest of the clergy should have been able to make better decisions on these nutty homo abuse cases. Anyone appointed to a "review board" or commission ought to be an educated Catholic with enough sense NOT to make goofy, political, ideological, public comments. Is Keating running for Pope now? Here's a guy with FBI/ATF informants running wild in White Supremacist cult communities throughout his state, who can't seem to find one guy in a baseball cap seen near the OKC blast site, lecturing to the bishops to clean house? What's that line about people who live in glass houses? What's worse, people who can't rein in abusers or bombers?

Hey, Frank, what's the frequency?

[rocketdoc]

Relax friend, Catholics are definately not Lutherans. In fact very few Lutherans are Lutherans anymore.

[Lady In Blue]

Keating is WRONG!

Well there goes any respect I had left for Gov. Keating. he should be forced to resign from the commission now. If he can't see his role in a Catholic light he's in the wrong church and certainly doesn't belong on this commission. Luther wrought more havoc on Christianity than anyone since Arius. To endorse him in his position is heresy. Are we, America's Roman Catholics, Lutherans now???

I agree!

[Salvation]

Bump on he respect gone, pgkdan.

“Remember, it was Martin Luther who suggested early in his efforts that the lay community get involved in reforming the Church so there would not be a collapse of faith by the faithful,” Keating said, answering critics who say laity boards should not seek removal of bishops.

Where has Keating been? There are folks all over the church doing things like this and have been for the last ?????how many????? years.

Makes me wonder how long it has been since Keating has been to Mass.