Quo vadis? To hell in a handcart
28th May, 2020: 17.00 A loyal and avid reader of this blog is also, like myself, a cradle Catholic. We have talked occasionally about where the Church is going, and how it hopes to get there. I find that in this Covid emergency many things have come together and I am arriving at a clearer feeling about my Church through the experience. Those who are familiar with my naturally sunny disposition may find what I have to say a surprise. My well-known positive outlook on things and my propensity always to look at the forward-looking side of everything can grate a little with those of a more saturnine disposition. Tough! The Covid-19 pandemic took the Church completely by surprise. Well, it took everyone by surprise, but the Church was best and most accurately characterised as startled rabbits caught in the headlights. It just didn't know how to react, and five months later it still doesn't. I have read nothing showing any leadership, command, insight or even worry that has d...