Quotable Quote

“We have a Church where fear dominates.  The bishops are afraid of Rome (of the Pope, the Curia, the nuncios). The priests are afraid of the bishops. The laity is afraid of authoritarian priests.”  The result is “a Church closed in upon itself, and totally cut off from the world.”

Chilean theologian Pablo Richard speaking at a public lecture that ran concurrently with Latin American Bishops’ meeting  (The Tablet 6/9/07)