The hope among dissenters and liberals that the scandals rocking the American Catholic Church in 2002 might compel the Vatican to adopt liberalizing reforms such as an end to compulsory celibacy for p

01/14/2003 at 10:33 PM Posted by Catholic Citizens of Illinois

The hope among dissenters and liberals that the scandals rocking the American Catholic Church in 2002 might compel the Vatican to adopt liberalizing reforms such as an end to compulsory celibacy for priests, and perhaps the ordination of women, is being abandoned.