Why Is It Again That The Church Is Dying In Britain?
Gee... I wonder if I can figure this one out

Someone more learned than I made the following observations concerning the goings on in England concerning at least one Anglican "flying bishop" and literally thousands of fellow Anglicans who are ready to cross the Tiber. Back in the very early 1990s, the Anglican Bishop of London converted. It was thought at that time that John Paul’s Vatican would welcome thousands of Anglican converts “crossing the Tiber.” This was due to the brewing scandal of Anglican “female bishops & priestesses.” In fact, numerous high ranking Anglicans asked the English Catholic bishops for the American solution with the “Anglican Use” liturgy, and the reception of Holy Orders for those with wives and families.

This huge opportunity was lost when England’s radically liberal Catholic Episcopacy refused that request. John Paul, in his usual “Ecumenical” style, refused to step in (which he certainly could have done).

Now we are faced with the same liberal [Catholic] English bishops (not wanting to upset the ecumenical apple cart), and the major roadblock of Cardinal Walter Kasper in Rome.

Note to Benedict XVI: Toss Kasper into the Tiber, and relieve the English bishops of their duties. I’m sure he could find a far away monastery for the whole lousy lot of them!Truer words were never spoken.

But on the heels of that, I read that Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor-Heinz-Kerry-Rodham-Clinton, or whatever the hell his name is, is now exhorting us all to... well, you're just going to have to read it for yourself.

Here's some of the article from The Beeb; (Emphasis mine) 'Respect atheists', says cardinal
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor urges deeper understanding between believers and non-believers

The Archbishop of Westminster has urged Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with "deep esteem".

Believers may be partly responsible for the decline in faith by losing sense of the mystery and treating God as a "fact in the world", he said in a lecture.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor called for more understanding and appreciation between believers and non-believers.

But the leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales said that Britain must not become "a God-free zone".Hmmm... "deep esteem" for those who deny God, 'eh? And more than a few are militantly anti-God. Will any one else join the good Cardinal in manning the papier-mâché walls that defend The Church?

I tell ya, I can give atheists the common courtesy that all human being deserve... but "deep esteem" and "more appreciation" specifically because they deny The Almighty? It's glaringly obvious to me what the problem is in the UK.

Let's not forget who the REAL enemy is in Britain... all those nasty Polish immigrants. Those backward folk... with that silly belief in the Real Presence, their Rosaries, their irritatingly constant kneeling before God.

The Polish immigrants are constantly bitched about by many a Catholic honcho in Britain... but we're admonished to line up and kiss the asses of atheists? Bullshit. Hell, a blind man could see what the problem is in Great Britain.