New Year's Hopes

Some of my hopes for the Roman Catholic Church in 2004:

That if Pope John Paul II dies this year, the Movement of the Spirit will be such that the new pope will help guide the church into the 21st century and some reconciliation between the so-called Liberal Catholics and so-called Conservative Catholics.

That Women's Ordination will no longer be a taboo topic for discussion among Catholics.

That the heirarchy will stop its focus on pelvic politics and continue its legacy of social justice work.

That more progressive women will remain in the church, despite their frustrations, taking as their example Rosa Parks who refused to remain in the back of the bus, but she stayed in the bus she was trying to change.