The Novelty has worn off

An article at NCR shows us why there should be a limit to playing priest. Rather than increase our faith in these scandalous times, it is obvious some see it as time to grab for more power. A Catholic Boston lawyer named Mary Beth Carmody explains it so clear what they hunger for.

“We keep telling the archdiocese that we are not dissident Catholics. We are the core and foundation, we are the parish council members, we are the parish finance council, we are the confirmation teachers, the religious education teachers, the lectors and the eucharistic ministers. We are the core of the Catholic church, ..."

As Diogenes over at CWNews states, it isn't positions, but adherence to the creed that makes one not a dissident.

But on another level, it IS about the positions. In other words, we have played priest; NOW we want to BE priests.