Well, there goes the Catholic Church. . .

[xiphias]

So, we went from a Pope who, in WWII helped a Jewish refugee, to a Pope who, in WWII, was a Hitler youth.

Any bets how long until the majority of American Catholics form a schismatic church and just get away from Rome?

My money's on fifteen minutes.

Comments

[lietya.livejournal.com]

If I were still Catholic, I'd be headed for the hills now. (And considering it was JP II's policies that sent me away, and that Ratzinger is unlikely to be *less* conservative.... yeah.)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Someone I know who's in a seminary says lots of the franciscans there are actually in tears.

[lietya.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's weird, I haven't been Catholic in about 10 years, but I have the impulse to cry myself. The Franciscans are a gentle order; Ratzinger is counter to much of what they live by.