Main Topic: Catholics are angry, and they have a right to be. The Church is riddled with scandal. The latest scandal, of course, is the revelation that a homosexual network has infiltrated the priesthood. Prior to this scandal, 6.5 people were leaving the Church for every one person who became a Catholic. We don’t know what that statistic is since the homosexual scandal broke, but we can all see a decrease in attendance and collections in our parishes.

The biggest challenge facing the Church is our leadership. The Barque of St. Peter is adrift, with nobody having been at the helm for a long time. Pope Francis has not been doing his job, and that’s apparent to everyone. When he first became pope, his approval rating was over 80%. His approval rating now is below 30%. And there are a number of reasons for this.

In this episode, we talk about some of those problems. We also talk about the problems surrounding the USCCB that are related to this, as well as steps the Catholic laity can take to drive a solution to the problems. Listeners are also likely to learn a few “secrets” about the Catholic Church—things they didn’t know before.

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Catholic Contributions The contributor for this episode’s Catholic Contributions is Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke.

Catholic Stories This story is called “Loving Back”

Resources In an effort to provide you with the best, most helpful experience we can, any resource mentioned in The Cantankerous Catholic podcast will always be listed in this section.

https://amzn.to/2BNGjVK (Calvary Road) by Marty Barrack

https://amzn.to/2Xb2oGZ (Catechism of the Catholic Church)

https://amzn.to/2Xb2Yo9 (Ignatius Bible)

https://amzn.to/2Ejd3rG (Patrology) by Johannes Quasten

https://amzn.to/2EgIz9F (The Early Church Fathers) (38 Vols.)

https://amzn.to/2EjthkE (The Eucharistic Miracles of the World) (Catalogue of the Vatican International Exhibition) by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke

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