Terry Mattingly: Is it Time for Liberal Catholics to leave the Roman Catholic Church?

from TitusOneNine by Kendall Harmon

[As] theologian Tom Beaudoin, who teaches at the Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York City, [writes]:

Whatever one thinks of this ad, it seems to mark a particular moment in the unfolding history of the Catholic Church in the United States. That a full-page ad in one of the most influential newspapers in the country would ask members of a major religious group to walk away from that group is an extraordinary occurrence.

I hope that before people take sides pro or con on the ad, before the tendency to separate into “evil vs. good” or “good vs. evil” here, we might be able to take this opportunity for some serious thinking, and ask: What is happening with religion in general and Catholicism in particular today that would make such a moment possible?...

Are you thinking "what ad"? Well, you better read it all.