The Monday New York Times published a story about protesters staging Pray-Ins at two parishes the Roman Catholic Archdiocese was determined to close. At one of them several of the protesters were handcuffed and arrested by police for refusing to leave.
The Archdiocese determined that the parishes had to close, "to address demographic changes and a shortage of priests". I suspect there would be no shortage of priests if Rome determined that it was OK to go back to the practice of the undivided Church and allow for married men to be priests, as my own Catholic Apostolic National Church does. And demographics??? Jesus said "wherever two or three are gathered together in my name, there I will be in the midst of them". The only demographic that matter is, "where are the people?". We must bring Christ, the Church and the Sacraments to the People of God. We can't afford to sit and rest and wait for them to come and find us.
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