Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Just found this article (originally appearing in the Catholic Register- (Canada). Here's a couple quotes:

The laity’s job is to transform the world, said Archbishop Gaumond. While that’s happening to some extent, it’s “not enough,” according to the archbishop of Sherbrooke, Que.

“But that’s not the fault of the laity,” Archbishop Gaumond said. “It is in the major part our fault in the hierarchy. It’s our fault because in the past, when we had problems in the church, we looked for the solutions by having more priestly vocations, more religious vocations.”

I would disagree at least a little with the latter statement. It is not a mistake to promote vocations to the priesthood and religious life; it is a mistake for the bishops to ordain anyone (or practically anyone) who applies (as we have seen with the scandal) and for bishops to neglect their role of teachers of the Faith. If Archbishop Gaumond is saying that the bishops have fallen into the dangers of clericalism when attempting to solve all problems, then I would agree-this is a mistake. However, I also think the laity (as they responsible for their own salvation) are to blame if they do not evangelize the culture and don't educate themselves on what needs to be done.

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