MGB:Sometimes the question is not between one’s particular circumstances and submission to the Magisterium, but rather whether the Magisterium is not so infallible as the Hierarchy thinks it is. This seems especially true in pelvic issues nowadays. In some of these cases (especially ordaining women), infallibility is subjective, meaning you don’t sin by following the teachings of the Church, even when those teachings are in error. Sadly, Popes are loathe to acknowledge errors in doctrine, even when they are obvious and change is inevitable. Usually, they try to have things both ways when change occurs, like in the recent Synods on the Family. More sadly, the yeast of the Church is often persecuted for insisting on the truth. It is not what the Master wished.
It is doubtful that bishops’ conferences are to be the engines of change, unless of course we create more autonomous national patriarchies to rule on moral questions and the ordination of women. Individual bishops might be instrumental in this and would hopefully rise to the new offices. Those that oppose any change, whether from Vatican II or Francis, cannot see that the Church that they themselves inherited has been through several changes before. It is a sad thing to oppose the winds of the Spirit.
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