Suspicions confirmed...World not coming to an end...

Each local area Journal has its own editorial staff person(s) to separate the "wheat from the chaff" (so to speak ) with respect to local news items...This gem comes from the Oakville-Mehlville Journal:

Catholics cutting back

ARCHBISHOP BURKE, STICK to religious issues, not finances. Well educated, unbiased parishioners in St. Louis are capable of being good stewards of their own parish assets. Without more laity control and input, we're forced to reduce contributions. Other than paying for specific parish services and making donations to individual charities, we'll not continue to give you the opportunity to spend our cash and you can bank on that.

Sounds like a really proud, congregationalist to me...And I'll bet it's an empty threat as well. It just seems to me that most people who have this kind of attitude probably would not be contributing to the Archdiocese anyway...

But then...further on...:

Judge not…..

I AM AMAZED almost weekly by the Town Talk callers who show their abysmal ignorance about the Catholic church's beliefs, teachings, history and government and offer commentary and advice upon all things Catholic. My suggestion is those sterling Christians consider Matthew 7:1-5 before engaging to correct the presumed shortcomings of others.