Fr. Reese lost his job as Editor of America magazine because certain American prelates didn't like his take on all things Catholic. He rightly points out that what really irks Fr. Weinandy is that he and others of like mind are no longer "in charge" and resent the Pope who doesn't organize his papacy around telling Catholics to center their faith around the knowledge to be found in the Catholic Catechism. Has anyone wondered how any Catholics over the centuries managed to win the mercy of God when most of them were illiterate, when there was no CCD, when the readings at Mass were largely unintelligible, and when preaching was either non-existent or awful. The clericalism of the past required people to check with the clergy for what to believe and what to think and what to do. Younger priests often talk about just "telling the people what they ought to do" so they can be more "reverent" and more "Catholic". We need reasons and credible explanations, not dictates.