Tensions Rise

Cafeteria Catholicism: From this article.

The Church (the actual Church as distinct from whatever schism and fantasies progressive and reactionaries dream of) will not be reforming its basic positions on The Pelvic Issues. It just won't. So we will not be seeing women priests, approval of homosexuality, artificial contraception, abortion, divorce and remarriage and all the rest of it. It's just not going to happen.

That means the Deformers will have to either a) go into schism and try to pretend they are still the Catholic Church; b) continue the futile attempt to change the Church; c) attempt to destroy the Church by the use of Caesar's might; or d) repent.

Those are the only options. The Church Will. Not. Change her teaching.

That's not, by the way, because our bishops are amazing profiles in courage. It's because the Holy Spirit, the Soul of the Church, is the guarantor of revelation and our arms are just too short to box with Him.

Catholicism doesn't follow the world, we all know where that leads.