The Catholic Church in America is broke. Their property is only protected from seizure by the pedophile victims because the Catholic politicians are still trying to ignore the pope and his religous nuttiness. If the pope excommunicates them because of their support for birth control and abortion, then the Catholic politicians could withdraw that protection and let the juries rule.
The Catholic Church would split in America into the three quarters of Catholics that are really Unitarians and the one fourth that are really Baptists. This would happen very quickly as people chose up sides.
The churchs and schools would be purchased by the American Catholic Church because they have the money and they don't have all those elderly priests, monks, and nuns to support. We wind up with lay deacons running the churches and married women priests officiating at mass.
This could happen over the next year. It probably won't because the Pope is not stupid, but if he has a stroke...
The Catholic Church would split in America into the three quarters of Catholics that are really Unitarians and the one fourth that are really Baptists. This would happen very quickly as people chose up sides.
The churchs and schools would be purchased by the American Catholic Church because they have the money and they don't have all those elderly priests, monks, and nuns to support. We wind up with lay deacons running the churches and married women priests officiating at mass.
This could happen over the next year. It probably won't because the Pope is not stupid, but if he has a stroke...