July 28, 2018 – With McCarrick, timing is everything

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column/with-mccarrick-timing-is-everything-3931

The timing of these revelations alongside the commemoration of one of the most polemical papal writings in the history of the Church – which happens to be about love and sex – is more than a coincidence for me. God, in his gift of free will, has allowed us to be utterly stupid about the teachings of his Church. And now we have arrived at a place where those teachings must be lived and taught by the leadership of the Church in order for the Church to heal. Humanae Vitae is the lynchpin in the abuse crisis.

In the end, I believe that there are no coincidences, only God’s providence. It is our choice how we respond.