Church v. State

What Are The Gobshites Saying These Days? - Esquire

...CARDINAL DONALD WUERL: I think the real challenge that the-- the church faces today and that the next pope will have to lead us in addressing is the overwhelming influence of secularism that's-- that's really drowning out the voice of religion, the voice of faith. Each one of us is called to a relationship with God in whatever tradition we belong. We're all called to that relationship. And we have to keep focusing on that. I think it's going to be the task of the Pope to say there's a spiritual mission, and that's the work of the church.

Oh, balls. The problem with the Church is that the influence of secularism -- particularly of the secular apparatus of the law -- has not been anywhere near overwhelming enough. It's not Quentin Tarantino who's drowning out the voice of your religion, it's the moral outcry of millions of victims, the din of unexpiated sins. The problem with the Church is not a lack of faith, it's the overabundance of crime.