Why is it necessary for the blogger to deprecate the majority of the Roman Catholic Church in order to express an opinion? This blog dismisses over 50 years of theological and pastoral development on the role of the laity in the church, and completely ignores the highly competent and equally trained lay ministers who continue to serve faithfully. FYI clergy are not the only ones trained in seminaries and graduate programs of theological education, just ask the laity with degrees including, but not limited to the Masters of Divinity, the Masters in Pastoral Studies, Master of Arts in Theology, the Doctor of Ministry, PhD in everything from biblical studies through theology, STL, STD, JCL, JCD. We are not a mindless rabble incapable of discerning effective spiritual and pastoral leaders. We are the Church!