Lay Catholics should lead, not leave, their church

The “summer from hell” for the Catholic Church has prompted many people to ask Catholics, “Why are you staying in that awful church?” Both the New York Times and the Washington Post have run stories with this theme. Many Catholics are privately asking themselves that very question. The emphatic answer for a believing Catholic is: “This is the Church Jesus founded. It’s up to us to clean it up, not abandon it.” -- More...