tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798301453606936234.post3416965011117873482..comments2021-06-12T01:25:00.718-04:00Comments on The 21st Century American Catholic: Democracy in the ChurchThe 21st Century American Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07341006403007694722noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798301453606936234.post-14840269079132067502012-06-27T14:12:26.994-04:002012-06-27T14:12:26.994-04:00Bravo! I particularly appreciated your suggestions...Bravo! I particularly appreciated your suggestions for making the church more democratic. If the Tea Party was able to assemble so many members in a short period of time and become as powerful as they are today; if Occupy Wall Street could evolve so quickly into an international movement in just a few months, why can’t we, the People of God unite in a common cause to take back the church? Especially since we already have such passionate groups as: The American Catholic Council, Call to Action, Voice of the Faithful, Future Church etc. coalesce and focus on making the church more democratic. You certainly have given the moral, canonical and theological reasons for doing so. Perhaps the time for reform is over. “Comes the revolution!”<br />Perhaps we need to redefine obedience. Your assessment of Canon 212 as starting out in the “pre-monarchial mindset” is right on. Falling back on “Christian obedience” is a sham, but even the Par 3. “…in keeping with their knowledge, competence and position, to manifest to their sacred pastors their views…” is demeaning or as we would have said in my old neighborhood, “them is fighting words”. Or to be more politely, they hierarchy needs to start treating the lowerarchy as adults.<br />I look forward to your future blogs on this subject.azdonfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015160238054936214noreply@blogger.com