scandal might actually validate the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This audio clip is from the 2011-01-11 show where Patrick Coffin talks about his audio set “Getting Started w/ Apologetics”. Also of interest this week on CA Live is the 2011-01-10 show featuring Jerry Usher talking about his website vocationboom.com
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Jesus has promised that the gates of hell will never prevail against his Church but he made no such promise concerning local churches (i.e., dioceses). The very existence of well over 2,000 titular sees should serve to remind us of this.
while true, Mike, perhaps you overlooked that I tagged this post as “uplifting”?
but seriously, you’re right that we should be aware that it is a possibility to lose the faith entirely in particular locations. But we should never lose faith in the universal Church – no matter what goes on locally.