[Loyalist]

Kinda like extraordinary eucharistic ministers. How long until this becomes the norm in these diocese?

This has been the plan all along, by certain well-placed members of the higher echelons, to eliminate the sacramental priesthood. You won't see a word of it on paper anywhere. But I'm sure the various national bishops' conferences, synods and their fellow-travellers in the Curia have been planning this all along.

[american colleen]

This has been the plan all along, by certain well-placed members of the higher echelons, to eliminate the sacramental priesthood.

God help us.

You can see this coming, and there will be no shortages of replacement females. CTA, etc., must be salivating and dancing.

[Maximilian]

>>This has been the plan all along, by certain well-placed members of the higher echelons, to eliminate the sacramental priesthood.

In fact, that was the thesis of Michael Rose's book, "Goodbye Good Men." He documented in great detail that the vocation shortage was DELIBERATELY created because it served the agenda of the people you mention. Once the vocation crisis has eliminated the supply of priests, then you can claim a "necessity" for married priests, women priests, non-priest offering the "service," etc.