UNITED STATES
Spirit Daily
As yet, it's no large movement. In no region of North America has it come to dominate. It remains off the table at national bishops' conferences -- at least in open session.
But in various parts of the U.S. laymen as well as a number of priests have risen vocally against local ordinaries in a way that if unaddressed could turn ominous.
The tone has been startlingly direct in a Church known for a strict pecking order and used to unequivocal obedience.
The new approach to expressing concern seems to have arisen from the sexual-abuse crisis and charges that many bishops mishandled it, a perception that has roused a growing undercurrent of dissension, along with other issues.
Posted by kshaw at April 20, 2006 02:15 PM