tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17367145.post3035729410973367415..comments2023-02-14T05:25:10.118-08:00Comments on CynWrites: A Blog For Grownups: The Lopsided Catholic Gene Pool C Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692426092390842756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17367145.post-14510662194011632102015-09-28T22:41:22.913-07:002015-09-28T22:41:22.913-07:00Thanks, Caiside. I agree in theory, although I th...Thanks, Caiside. I agree in theory, although I think 100 years is too soon given the current population of JPII Bishops and the preponderance of conservative, lace-and-incense-loving seminarians waiting in the wings. The past 40 years has somehow bred a whole new generation of anti-Vat II clerics and baby clerics, who by nature seem destined to continue the "reform of the Reform." Judging by the commentary I heard on EWTN during Francis' visit, the genuinely radical message Francis preaches isn't even heard. Where I heard his main message as "don't be locked into tired, old ways," the EWTN-ites heard "marriage should be open to life." One's bias doesn't color just one's thinking but also muffles one's hearing, I guess. <br /><br />Francis isn't leading a revolutionary charge, for certain -- but he may be able to clean up the deck for future change, with women's issues among that change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17367145.post-90324453267177244372015-09-28T15:41:17.277-07:002015-09-28T15:41:17.277-07:00I agree. Nothing is changing or likely to.
Howeve...I agree. Nothing is changing or likely to. <br />However, there DOES seem to be a groundswell beginning. Everywhere you read, women are complaining. Maureen Dowd is complaining from the pages of the NYTimes. "Ordain Women" is a regular cry from Call to Action. <br /><br />Thirty years ago, no one would have dreamed that same sex marriage would be leagal in the U.S. Then there began a groundswell and a gradual but steady change of public opinion. And now it has come to pass.<br /><br />I used to say the RCChurch was at least 500 years behind the times. But if there is a groundswell of change in public opinion, I think equality for women WILL happen. Not this year. Not woth this pope. But sooner than 500 years. Maybe in 100.Caisidenoreply@blogger.com