If you ever wonder how the Mystical Body of Christ could be reduced to a patchwork of NGOs, art galleries, and activist networks, look no further than this week’s Catholic news cycle.
We have a laicized Peruvian priest claiming Rome condemned him without evidence, African theologians promising to “change permanently the direction of history” through Ubuntu-inspired synodality, the largest French Catholic scouting organization electing a pro-abortion lesbian before remembering it’s supposed to be Catholic, an Austrian bishop suddenly discovering that mock crucifixions are bad, but only if the victim is Donald Trump, and German bishops publicly contradicting each other over how best to bless sodomy.
And in case you thought there was still some brake left on the runaway train, a prominent German theologian is openly calling for ten bishops to defy Rome and ordain fifty married priests by 2027.
Welcome to the Church of the New Springtime.
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