Frank Bruni has a great opinion piece in the NYT this morning. The
Roman Catholic church is on trial in the public square. An excerpt:
And this hubris also survives the crisis, manifest in the way that the Vatican, a gilded enclave so far removed and so frequently out of step with the rest of the world, clamps down on Catholics who challenge its rituals and rules. Much of what these dissenters raise questions about — the all-male priesthood, for example, or the commitment to celibacy that priests are required to make — aren’t indisputable edicts from God. They’re inventions of the mortals who took charge of the faith.
The
church's wall of indifference and high opinion of itself are destined
to collapse. The church's arrogance and lack of accountability guarantee
this outcome.