text: Exactly right!  The attitude displayed and directives of the Ordinary of one's diocese get around.  Also, what's in the Washington Post will reach more people than anything that was stated at the Summer Meeting of the USCCB.  Do you think that Bishop Paprocki, will have 'listening sessions for the young people in his diocese?'  Don't hold your breath.
  
  Also as a general comment, these bishops are concerned about possible vocations that youth might enter as a result of their baptismal call---the priesthood/religious life, and marriage.  They completely forgot one state of Catholic life [that is and has been neglected in most arch/dioceses and parishes].  This is the SINGLE state.  There are young people who will never get married and who will never be a priest, brother or sister.  But there is nothing for them [organizations/spiritual offerings, etc.] offered in the church in general and in their parishes in particular.  This includes widows and widowers---who may never re-marry.