Team Valjean Steps Up To the Plate | National Catholic Reporter

Team Valjean Steps Up To the Plate | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: I don't like the implication by Wuerl that the issue is spin.  It seems to me that some doctrines are ripe for change, having been devised by proof texting that would make Luther proud. As for packing the Synod, I am sure that any expansion beyond the Curia and certain reliable bishops is seen as packing.  On the issue of democracyin the Church - that would be the collection of all of our consiciences - as it was in ancient times (without casting lots) - and I believe our collective consciences would say that on remarriage and gay marriage the doctrine is wrong - in no uncertain terms.