"it likely that the Catholic Church will back away from its opposition to the legalization of abortion by governments"
It really is time you got your head round the fact that unless the church gets its act together it will have no role to play in modern life.
Enormous damage was done to the Church by the abuse revelations: the way those revelations were handled gave it a further sever kicking.
The smack in the face it got in once "holy Ireland", when the results of the 'same sex marriage' referendum were announced really should have got the message across - Archbishop Martin got it - 'bout time the rest of you did before you're playing to totally empty houses
Jim Carroll