tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post8726682431602537403..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: WHERE ARE WE GOING FROM HERE? Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-49563811367900806492014-10-17T09:52:46.253-04:002014-10-17T09:52:46.253-04:00"Can it be possible to have gone backwards to..."Can it be possible to have gone backwards to this horrible decade in such a short period. I thought we were to move forward!"<br /><br />Perhaps too many sheep have been following where the shepherd has been leading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-84660090521820805612014-10-17T06:19:56.030-04:002014-10-17T06:19:56.030-04:00Before the Synod met, the hope of many on the '...Before the Synod met, the hope of many on the 'liberal' wing (for want of a better term) was that whereas previous gatherings had been manipulated by 'the Curia' to produce a desired result, this would be different; Pope Francis would ensure that it would be an exercise of true collegiality.<br /><br />Their hopes may well be fulfilled; the irony is that it could be achieved despite the Pope rather than because of him, and the result of 'collegiality' may not be what they wanted; in which case they will still cry 'foul'.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.com