Well, Benny just appointed a Head Guy in Los Angeles who really distresses me. The new guy is Opus Dei, like right out of the Da Vinci Code...
Oh, Mary, Rome has never, ever listened to a petition, a letter, or an advisory committee. Paul VI appointed a committee who told him to ease off on the birth control regulations, and he ignored them. There is an International Commission on English in the Liturgy that did a wonderful translation of the prayers for Mass into English that people actually speak, and Rome threw it out and substituted words like "consubstantial." Hell, Rome barely listens to an Ecumenical Council of all the world's bishops, as is evidenced by the dismantling of Vatican II that has happened over the last 30 years.So, as Paul Burke says, the best thing to do is ignore them. Benny is an old, old man. He'll die soon, and be replaced by somebody worse...
-Joe-
Actually, I encountered the New Guy in Los Angeles in March 2011, and I was very favorably impressed. Seems like a good, gentle person -Joe, June, 2011-