I have to wonder about this regular-as-rain reference to clericalism as the root of evil, as if to steer us away from the very idea of a gay church network as contributing to the current crisis, even hijacking the “perversion” word.
“Clericalism is a perversion and is the root of many evils in the church,” Pope Francis said Oct. 3 at the synod’s first working session.
Without naming one of the evils either. And supplying what becomes a bromide in the present context.
It’s not a perversion, anyhow, but as old as the apostles fighting with each other and keeping the children away from the Master — human nature asserting itself.
He offers what in the present circumstances is a bromide — again unspecified. Forgiveness for what? Asked by whom? The kids in attendance?
“We must humbly ask forgiveness for this [?] and above all create the conditions so that it [what?] is not repeated.
So much to be inferred, guessed at, only imagined. But can he get specific?
via Pope asks bishops, young people to drop their prejudices as synod begins
Blithe Spirit 