Robert Blair Kaiser's wisdom and perspective will be missed as we witness Papa Francesco attempting to "Duc in Altum" ... put out into the deep!

Kaiser also called for "autochthonous" [or indigenous] churches or new rites in the Catholic Church [modeled along the lines of the Oriental rites] that would free Catholics today from the patriarchy and political hegemony endemic in the Roman church.

We have to keep Kaiser's hopes and dreams alive.