Oh, well done, Father Reese!

For me, the sense of what Weinandy did is summed up in this quote:  "Ironically, Weinandy complains about the pope allowing too much freedom of discussion and then takes advantage of this freedom to tell the pope that he is all wrong."

More than anything, we need dialogue in our Church.  Francis is starting with trying to get bishops to really to be courageous in speaking what their experience tells them and seeing what the Church needs for today, for the state of the faith in the world as it is.  He is also encouraging them to reach out to the people, the laity, who live in the reality of today and to listen to them.  I don't believe the institutional Church can survive without the input of laity.  The bishops simply do not live in the reality that Catholics experience in their day-to-day lives.  

Sooner or later, they will have to open up all the doors that are closed and let the laity in.