Authority Issues

Margaret Steinfels, (Former editor of the ultra-left Catholic magazine, The Commonweal) co-director of the Fordham Center on Religion & Culture, notes that many groups that start with calling for simple changes end up challenging such canon laws as priest celibacy and the church's absolute control over clergy appointments. "It is true that there is an atmosphere of suspicion of lay groups, and the roundtable has run into that," says Steinfels.

Link (here) to the full article that talks about the Church and fiscal management.