(Part one of five)  Liturgies are frequently uninspired and homilies lack impact.—Peter Fuerhard

Bishops afraid to read beget priests also afraid to read and think.  Inspiration is thus lost.  The elephant in the room is Yale University, adroitly sidestepped throughout the article and these comments.

Much of the damage is encapsulated in the continuing American Association of University Professors 1990 censure of the administration of The (Pontifical) Catholic University of America.  To be afraid of the truth is no way to evangelize.

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And having done due diligence in discernment found the RCC sorely lacking in whatever area(s) they thought important -- be it sermons, social issues, sex/gender issues, wayward priests and the cover-ups, financial mismanagement, etc. Perhaps even all of that as a bundle with which they no longer want to be associated.—Jake47

Thinking is a dangerous habit that brings in the Holy Spirit to show the Faithful how to love.