Pope to US Bishops: Be Pastors, Not Culture Warriors | National Catholic Reporter

Pope to US Bishops: Be Pastors, Not Culture Warriors | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The Pope seems to have been both very gentle and very firm - follow the Dallas norms (and if you have not been, you are expected to) and get out of bed with the Republican Party and into bed with the immigrants.  The yoke is easy, burden light, is not just for priests.  It is for all people describing what Christian morality should be (which could be a hint about things to come concerning gay marriage and the unbearable yokes the bishops would put on gay people regarding their sexuality).  He is not hitting back at anyone so much as saying how things must be.  If any bishop feels put upon, it is their conscience bothering them.  Of course, no one is without sin.  If all is dialogue, than female ordination must now be discussed, both for its own sake and for what it would do for the proclamation of the Gospel of Life to have a female priest doing the proclaiming.