Wineke: Catholic Church needs to grow, not shrink

WISCONSIN
Channel 3000

Author: William R. Wineke, Special to Channel 3000
Published On: Aug 07 2014

Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki said he has seen the future of the Catholic Church and it is diminished, in numbers, at least.

“My conclusion to the question of the face of the Catholic Church in the United States is that we will be smaller but stronger because we will stand for the truth given to us through the Holy Spirit’s presence in the church instituted by Christ,” the archbishop wrote in an email to Milwaukee Catholics.

The comments are similar to those Madison Bishop Robert Morlino made to me a decade ago when he came to town.

I’m sure they mean well, but I can’t help thinking we seem to have bishops who don’t particularly like Catholics, which strikes me as downright weird.

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