Fr. Reese mentioned the two letters that raised the bishops'stature in the media world and to others outside the culture of Roman Catholicism. He failed to mention the failed letter on women. This still is the crux of the problem. For those of us who were involved in the talk back efforts it is still a clear and ongoing concern. Our bishop actually came listened and responded. In my viewpoint everything went downhill from there. The sense of spiritual energy, the compassion of hope,and nourishment for out of the box thinking ( a gift I would posit of the Holy Spirit) was at best lost -at worst trashed and thrown out in the garbage.