I am taking issue

with my fellow bloggers calling the present crisis "The Situation." It's such an American thing to ascribe an enigmatic yet vacuous name to such an crucial state of affairs. It sounds like something defense lawyers would call it! Decades of abuse in the church heirarchy, vile crimes perpetrated against innocents then covered up, seminaries turned into pink palaces, and the decay of the Church's moral authority boiled down into two words - "The Situation." Calling this "The Situation" is miserably inadequate and I dare say insulting to the victims. The causes are many, the crises are ongoing, and the effects will be felt for decades if not centuries to come. God's Church, the Body of Christ on this Earth, is bleeding and suffering. I humbly say we can do better than calling this "The Situation."