USCCB: The Nuncio's Swan Song | National Catholic Reporter

USCCB: The Nuncio's Swan Song | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: I hope Francis surprises everyone and rejects the Nuncio's resignation.  After all, he gave us Cupich and other notable episcopal appointments, renewals and transfers.  As for decline in Catholic numbers, everyone can always call themselves Catholic once baptized, even if they leave.  I suspect the drop in Mass attendance has to do with people sleeping in on Sunday - i.e. using the Sabbath as an actual day of rest.  As for consumerism, our goods have been getting cheap of late - because we abuse immigrant and off-shore labor.  Consumerism, at root, is what happens when there are too many goods produced for too little in wages and the market corrects itself by lowering prices.  That is not a bad thing unless you yearn for class warfare.  As for Catholic academie, it has always been freer than the hierarchy wants - may it always be so.