BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back.
This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community.
Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.
Let Catholics build their own churches and works.
Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the sacraments.
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally.
I'm afraid the SS's relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny.
There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishops and they're going to be nominated and they're going to be elected.
Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.
As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
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