News - December 2018 RSS Feed

Now that some days have passed since the November meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, I want to share some of my personal thoughts on our deliberations and what I think it means for the Church going forward. I believe that the work of the bishops and the issue of clerical abuse is unfolding between the two poles of fatalism and faith. The fatalism was aptly represented by one of the many emails that came to me during the week of the bishop’s meeting. It read: “Proud of yourself and the papacy? Did fine work this week. God ____ you all. Resign