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kwassa

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4. Any substantive change in unlikely.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 03:26 PM

Mar 2013

The arch-conservatives control the process and have no accountability to anyone but themselves. There are no checks, as in checks and balances. It is essentially a dictatorship, but they can't control the minds of the lay Catholics.

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A good overview of trends in the Catholic Church [View all] kwassa Mar 2013 OP

Good synopsis and, unfortunately, they have done little to address these problems cbayer Mar 2013 #1

Having closely watched the struggle in the Episcopal church kwassa Mar 2013 #2

While the church will never be free of politics, the insular nature of RCC control cbayer Mar 2013 #3

Any substantive change in unlikely. kwassa Mar 2013 #4

How did they make the changes previously? cbayer Mar 2013 #5

But those were simply relaxations of practice skepticscott Mar 2013 #6

The switch to the vernacular Mass okasha Mar 2013 #7

Love Nuns on the Bus. Perhaps they will lead the charge for change and cbayer Mar 2013 #8

I like the addition by subtraction part Promethean Mar 2013 #9