[duckln]

"Now there are a lot of folks upset that there is not a crackdown from Rome?"

There's a lot of folks upset at Nixon to this day, and he's been dead for years. Nixon was a saint compared to Bill and Hillery, but a viceous partison efford gardered enough 'idiots' to bring him down, and IMO we are worst off because of it.

Some people will never get over it because their goal is to destroy the church.

[Domestic Church]

I agree there is a concerted effort to undermine the church both overtly and covertly. This has been going on since the beginning. The trusting laity never expects the clergy to be participating on both sides.

I don't like the title of this article, as it presumes knowledge we can't possibly have. And it points the finger at one person.

Given the clash in writings alone between the USCCB and the Vatican, how can one person be at fault, especially one very elderly holy person who is surround by bishops, many who lean more towards the USCCB? We don't even know if the Holy Father has been privey to all that has been hitting the press here. What if his physician has asked that some stuff be filtered(I'm not saying this is happening, but any number of variations could occur.)