text: I have to agree with MSW's reference to Fr. Jim Martin's viewpoint--too many instances of church teaching teetering on the edge of  truth/untruth, merciful/unmerciful, etc. If we want to get to the root of the problem here, certain magic-sterial teachings need to be re-examined and, if found erroneous or outdated (be it  science or sensus fidelium), need to be eliminated. In essence, Poprocki is just carrying out certain hard line rules established by his predecessors that are "still on the books."  If the rules don't measure up with advances in knowledge and human understanding then let's have the humility to change the rules. This is unlikely to happen until the people of God are fed up with the likes of Poprocki and his brand of Taliban Catholicism--using their dogma as a club to beat down, punish and exclude.  To Fr. Martin's point, let's have more bishops come forward and make such pronouncements and see what happens--very likely a mass exodus that would necessitate massive reform