Fr Claffey mentions the word 'conversation'.
Maybe indeed that is a word central to so much that goes wrong within the Catholic Church. There is little if any 'conversation' in the church.
There is no 'conversation' between bishops and priests, nor is there any between people and bishops.
Edicts are passed down.
There is little if any 'conversation' between priests.
Maybe it is because of the lifestyle of the priest but always close to the surface there is a lurking arrogance. It might well be simply inevitable or natural. After all a priest has no children or wife pulling at him, telling him what to do. He never has a child disturbing his night's sleep.
There is something terribly wrong within the state of priesthood at present. There seems no attempt by bishops or congregational superiors to address the troubled priesthood.
And then there is the silence, the deadening silence that kills all in its wake.
The new missal to be introduced in Advent - how many people have been asked to converse about it?
The Vatican 'inquisitors' who have been in Ireland - how many have been asked to converse with them?
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The points you make show that you have very little understanding of what the Church is.
You may well be correct. But surely after 42 years as a member of a religious order something must have stuck.
I note your anonymity, which puts a seal on your closeness to a special grouping in the church.
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