Lynn - I found the referenced article from 2002.  Coleridge was incredibly childish and insulting.  And, he has not always been as clear and articulate as I am sure he wished to be - consider his recent comments on the gay marriage vote.

But, he is saying some of the right things now, reaching outside the box for a way to bring the Church into the world of today.  I think he goes much further than Pell ever would have and I have to wonder if he doesn't scare the pants off of some of the other Pell-like bishops.  He talks as if the Vatican is going along with his views about bringing more women and lay people into governance.  Maybe they are just waiting to see if something really comes out of this that they can accept.  Putting lay people into governance is going to upset a lot of apple carts.

Still, he at least is thinking outside the box of rules and tradition the Church seems so stuck on.  If not Coleridge, then who?  Is there hope for the Catholic Church there?