Religious LIberty Updates

Religious LIberty Updates by MSW.  MGB: Objecting to line drawing based on the degree to which the Catholic organization is involved in celebration versus direct ministry obscures the real issue, which relates to the idea of a Catholic Spring, which is the extent to which the bishops are able to directly manage these organizations.  What the bishops object to is that they can't control the Sisters who own hospitals and, in some cases, schools.  A Catholic Spring would move more institutions away from, not closer to, episcopal control. It is time to replace the bishops in their role as owners of most diocesean organizations.  When tithes were mandatory, they could behave like feudal lordlings.  Now that these contributions are voluntary and to a large extent, publicly funded, it is time to shift to modern non-profit boards selected by the faithful, rather than the bishops.  Ultimately, the ancient process for selecting bishops by election of the faithful should also be reinstituted.  As you can tell, I'm not rooting for the bishops on this. Christianity will survive democracy.  Indeed, it is more likely God will speak through the people than the current regime, given their recent conduct.