What Fun. - ...The gathering in Rome was only a prelude to a larger meeting next year which will more concretely advise Francis on church practice. Still, the open debate at the event, and the back and forth among bishops over welcoming gays and divorced Catholics who remarry, prompted stunning criticism from some U.S. bishops. Many of the U.S. bishops have been disoriented by what this new pope is saying and I dont see them really as embracing the popes agenda, said John Thavis, a former Rome bureau chief for Catholic News Service. To a large degree, the U.S. bishops have lost their bearings. I think up until now, they felt Rome had their back, and what they were saying - especially politically - would eventually be supported in Rome. They cant count on that now. Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former St. Louis archbishop and leading voice for conservative Catholics, said the church is like a ship without a rudder under Francis. Burke made the comments before the pope demoted him from his position as head of the Vatican high court, a move he had anticipated. Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, said the debate and vote on a document summing up the discussion in Rome, which laid bare divisions among church leaders, struck him as rather Protestant. Tobin referenced a remark Francis had made to young Catholics last year that they shake up the church and make a mess in their dioceses. Pope Francis is fond of `creating a mess. Mission accomplished, Tobin wrote.... --- hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REL_CATHOLIC_BISHOPS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-11-08-12-50-58
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