It_PPH1 wo_VM n't_XX be_VBI the_AT easiest_JJT roadshow_NN1 for_IF the_AT leader_NN1 of_IO the_AT world_NN1 's_GE largest_JJT Christian_JJ church_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 man_NN1 who_PNQS many_DA2 thought_NN1 would_VM be_VBI a_AT1 quiet_JJ but_CCB dogmatic_JJ transitional_JJ figure_NN1 focused_VVN on_II preserving_VVG the_AT church_NN1 in_II an_AT1 increasingly_RR secular_JJ Europe_NP1 ._. 
But_CCB Pope_NNB Benedict_NP1 XVI_MC has_VHZ already_RR upset_VVN expectations_NN2 ,_, and_CC when_RRQ he_PPHS1 arrives_VVZ this_DD1 month_NNT1 for_IF his_APPGE first_MD pontifical_JJ visit_NN1 to_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ,_, many_DA2 of_IO his_APPGE admirers_NN2 believe_VV0 that_CST he_PPHS1 will_VM overturn_VVI more_RRR ._. 
As_CSA Benedict_NP1 well_RR appreciates_VVZ ,_, his_APPGE upcoming_JJ six-day_JJ visit_NN1 to_II Washington_NP1 and_CC New_NP1 York_NP1 City_NN1 will_VM bring_VVI him_PPHO1 into_II direct_JJ contact_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 nation_NN1 that_CST has_VHZ not_XX only_RR the_AT third-largest_JJT Roman_JJ Catholic_JJ population_NN1 in_II the_AT world_NN1 but_CCB also_RR the_AT most_RGT diverse_JJ ._. 
In_II ethnic_JJ terms_NN2 ,_, that_DD1 variety_NN1 may_VM be_VBI taking_VVG on_RP an_AT1 increasingly_RR Hispanic_JJ cast_JJ --_NN1 at_II almost_RR 30_MC percent_NNU and_CC rapidly_RR growing_JJ --_NN1 but_CCB most_DAT of_IO America_NP1 's_GE 195_MC dioceses_NN2 can_VM boast_VVI of_IO parishes_NN2 with_IW a_AT1 mini-United_JJ Nations_NN2 of_IO national_JJ flavorings_NN2 as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 those_DD2 in_II which_DDQ the_AT melting_NN1 pot_NN1 has_VHZ effectively_RR left_VVN no_AT particular_JJ ethnic_JJ imprint_NN1 at_RR21 all_RR22 ._. 
But_CCB the_AT diversity_NN1 of_IO America_NP1 's_GE Roman_JJ Catholic_JJ Church_NN1 hardly_RR ends_VVZ with_IW ethnicity_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 also_RR includes_VVZ a_AT1 rainbow_NN1 of_IO attitudes_NN2 and_CC convictions_NN2 --_JJ political_JJ ,_, social_JJ ,_, liturgical_JJ ,_, even_RR theological-that_CST reflect_VV0 American_JJ individualism_NN1 in_II ways_NN2 that_CST strain_VV0 even_RR the_AT universalism_NN1 of_IO the_AT Catholic_JJ Church_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 's_VBZ a_AT1 tough_JJ act_NN1 to_TO read_VVI this_DD1 audience_NN1 and_CC even_RR tougher_JJR to_TO know_VVI how_RRQ to_TO address_VVI it_PPH1 ._. 
And_CC it_PPH1 makes_VVZ it_PPH1 no_AT easier_JJR that_CST this_DD1 pope_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 private_JJ man_NN1 known_VVN for_IF his_APPGE formidable_JJ intellect_NN1 and_CC doctrinal_JJ rigor_NN1 ,_, follows_VVZ in_II the_AT footsteps_NN2 of_IO the_AT charismatic_JJ and_CC beloved_JJ John_NP1 Paul_NP1 II_MC ._. 
Which_DDQ is_VBZ not_XX to_TO suggest_VVI that_CST most_DAT American_JJ Catholics_NN2 are_VBR ill-disposed_JJ toward_II Benedict_NP1 ._. 
His_APPGE former_DA sharp-edged_JJ image_NN1 as_CSA God_NP1 's_GE Rottweiler_NN1 grew_VVD out_II21 of_II22 his_APPGE years_NNT2 as_CSA chief_JJ enforcer_NN1 of_IO doctrine_NN1 ,_, the_AT Cardinal_NNB Joseph_NP1 Ratzinger_NP1 who_PNQS quashed_VVD liberation_NN1 theology_NN1 or_CC any_DD other_JJ departures_NN2 from_II strict_JJ church_NN1 teaching_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB now_RT completing_VVG the_AT third_MD year_NNT1 of_IO his_APPGE papacy_NN1 ,_, having_VHG penned_VVN major_JJ encyclicals_NN2 emphasizing_VVG hope_NN1 and_CC charity_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 appears_VVZ less_RGR concerned_JJ with_IW policing_VVG borders_NN2 than_CSN with_IW gently_RR reminding_VVG the_AT flock_NN1 of_IO core_NN1 Christian_JJ principles_NN2 ._. 
If_CS he_PPHS1 remains_VVZ firmly_RR orthodox_JJ in_II his_APPGE teaching_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ an_AT1 "_" affirmative_JJ orthodoxy_NN1 ,_, "_" in_II the_AT words_NN2 of_IO National_JJ Catholic_JJ Reporter_NN1 columnist_NN1 John_NP1 Allen_NP1 ._. 
"_" This_DD1 has_VHZ been_VBN a_AT1 far_RG more_RGR moderate_JJ ,_, gradualist_NN1 pontificate_NN1 than_CSN most_DAT people_NN anticipated_VVD ,_, "_" Allen_NP1 says_VVZ ._. 
And_CC as_CSA polls_NN2 have_VH0 shown_VVN ,_, a_AT1 large_JJ majority_NN1 of_IO American_JJ Catholics_NN2 say_VV0 they_PPHS2 approve_VV0 of_IO the_AT German-born_JJ prelate_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS will_VM turn_VVI 81_MC on_II his_APPGE U.S._NP1 visit_NN1 ._. 
Yet_RR even_RR Benedict_NP1 's_GE staunchest_JJT supporters_NN2 admit_VV0 that_CST most_DAT American_JJ Catholics_NN2 have_VH0 ,_, at_RR21 best_RR22 ,_, a_AT1 dim_JJ sense_NN1 of_IO the_AT man_NN1 ._. 
"_" He_PPHS1 has_VHZ n't_XX been_VBN as_RG high_JJ profile_NN1 in_II my_APPGE mind_NN1 as_CSA John_NP1 Paul_NP1 was_VBDZ ,_, "_" says_VVZ Michael_NP1 Teolis_NP1 ,_, the_AT band_NN1 director_NN1 at_II the_AT Latin_JJ School_NN1 of_IO Chicago_NP1 and_CC a_AT1 regular_JJ mass-attending_JJ Catholic_NN1 ._. 
While_CS Teolis_NP1 approves_VVZ of_IO what_DDQ the_AT current_JJ pope_NN1 has_VHZ done_VDN to_TO encourage_VVI traditional_JJ practices_NN2 ,_, including_II the_AT Latin_JJ mass_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 is_VBZ still_RR uncertain_JJ what_DDQ Benedict_NP1 's_GE mission_NN1 is_VBZ ,_, even_RR on_II this_DD1 trip_NN1 ._. 
"_" Why_RRQ ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 asks_VVZ ,_, "_" is_VBZ he_PPHS1 coming_VVG ?_? "_" 
Connection_NN1 ._. 
The_AT official_JJ reason_NN1 is_VBZ to_TO honor_VVI the_AT bicentennial_JJ of_IO the_AT nation_NN1 's_GE five_MC oldest_JJT dioceses_NN2 ._. 
The_AT pope_NN1 's_GE schedule_NN1 will_VM include_VVI three_MC large_JJ public_JJ masses_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 meeting_NN1 with_IW President_NNB Bush_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 colloquy_NN1 with_IW the_AT U.S._NP1 bishops_NN2 ,_, an_AT1 address_NN1 to_II Catholic_JJ educators_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 speech_NN1 at_II the_AT U.N._NP1 ,_, and_CC a_AT1 visit_NN1 to_II ground_NN1 zero_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB Benedict_NP1 's_GE larger_JJR ,_, unstated_JJ mission_NN1 is_VBZ to_TO forge_VVI a_AT1 more_RGR personal_JJ connection_NN1 with_IW his_APPGE American_JJ flock_NN1 and_CC indeed_RR with_IW Americans_NN2 of_IO all_DB faiths_NN2 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 think_VV0 he_PPHS1 has_VHZ captured_VVN attention_NN1 by_II what_DDQ he_PPHS1 has_VHZ n't_XX been_VBN ,_, "_" says_VVZ the_AT Very_JJ Rev._NNB David_NP1 O'Connell_NP1 ,_, president_NN1 of_IO the_AT Catholic_JJ University_NN1 of_IO America_NP1 ._. 
"_" Now_RT he_PPHS1 can_VM tell_VVI people_NN what_DDQ he_PPHS1 is_VBZ and_CC is_VBZ trying_VVG to_TO achieve_VVI :_: the_AT renewal_NN1 of_IO the_AT entire_JJ church_NN1 in_II the_AT faith_NN1 in_II which_DDQ it_PPH1 has_VHZ been_VBN baptized_VVN ;_; a_AT1 return_NN1 to_II the_AT core_NN1 ,_, the_AT fundamentals_NN2 ._. "_" 
The_AT question_NN1 ,_, of_RR21 course_RR22 ,_, is_VBZ what_DDQ the_AT church_NN1 will_VM make_VVI of_IO that_DD1 message_NN1 ._. 
And_CC that_DD1 will_VM depend_VVI in_II great_JJ measure_NN1 on_II how_RGQ well_RR the_AT pope_NN1 's_GE teaching_NN1 appears_VVZ to_TO address_VVI the_AT needs_NN2 of_IO a_AT1 church_NN1 that_CST almost_RR all_DB Catholics_NN2 agree_VV0 is_VBZ at_II a_AT1 critical_JJ juncture_NN1 (_( and_CC some_DD would_VM even_RR say_VVI a_AT1 risis_NN1 )_) ._. 
Yet_RR what_DDQ makes_VVZ this_DD1 intersection_NN1 so_RG critical_JJ --_NN1 and_CC what_DDQ is_VBZ needed_VVN to_TO bring_VVI the_AT church_NN1 through_II it_PPH1 --_JJ are_VBR understood_VVN according_II21 to_II22 all_DB those_DD2 differences_NN2 that_CST seem_VV0 to_TO put_VVI this_DD1 church_NN1 onstantly_RR on_II the_AT verge_NN1 of_IO internal_JJ upheaval_NN1 ._. 
Many_DA2 of_IO those_DD2 differences_NN2 amount_NN1 to_II a_AT1 kind_NN1 of_IO ongoing_JJ debate_NN1 on_II the_AT value_NN1 and_CC meaning_NN1 of_IO Vatican_NP1 II_MC ._. 
The_AT church_NN1 's_GE 21st_MD ecumenical_JJ council_NN1 ,_, Vatican_NP1 II_MC (_( 1962-65_MCMC )_) was_VBDZ launched_VVN with_IW the_AT overarching_JJ goal_NN1 of_IO renewing_VVG the_AT church_NN1 ._. 
Its_APPGE leaders_NN2 and_CC architects_NN2 (_( including_II the_AT dazzlingly_RR brilliant_JJ theologian_NN1 Joseph_NP1 Ratzinger_NP1 )_) believed_VVD that_CST a_AT1 more_RGR sharply_RR defined_VVN understanding_NN1 of_IO the_AT nature_NN1 of_IO the_AT church_NN1 and_CC the_AT roles_NN2 of_IO its_APPGE hierarchy_NN1 would_VM help_VVI restore_VVI Christian_JJ unity_NN1 and_CC open_VV0 up_RP a_AT1 dialogue_NN1 with_IW the_AT contemporary_JJ world_NN1 ._. 
Some_DD 40_MC years_NNT2 later_RRR ,_, many_DA2 American_JJ Catholics_NN2 firmly_RR believe_VV0 the_AT changes_NN2 that_CST came_VVD out_II21 of_II22 Vatican_NP1 II_MC were_VBDR mostly_RR for_IF the_AT better_JJR ,_, whether_CSW the_AT vernacular_JJ mass_NN1 ,_, nuns_NN2 in_II civilian_JJ clothes_NN2 ,_, reconciliation_NN1 with_IW Judaism_NN1 ,_, or_CC ecumenical_JJ gestures_NN2 toward_II other_JJ Christian_JJ denominations_NN2 ._. 
Some_DD council_NN1 supporters_NN2 even_RR wish_VV0 that_CST the_AT modernizing_JJ spirit_NN1 had_VHD gone_VVN further_RRR ,_, permitting_VVG married_JJ clergy_NN2 or_CC allowing_VVG women_NN2 to_TO enter_VVI the_AT priestly_JJ ranks_NN2 ._. 
And_CC the_AT nearly_RR two_MC thirds_MF of_IO American_JJ Catholics_NN2 who_PNQS oppose_VV0 the_AT ban_NN1 on_II condoms_NN2 tend_VV0 to_TO view_VVI the_AT church_NN1 's_GE inflexible_JJ stand_NN1 on_II birth_NN1 control_NN1 as_II a_AT1 betrayal_NN1 of_IO the_AT council_NN1 's_GE spirit_NN1 ._. 
At_II the_AT same_DA time_NNT1 ,_, of_RR21 course_RR22 ,_, an_AT1 equally_RR passionate_JJ chorus_NN1 of_IO Catholics_NN2 rues_VVZ the_AT council_NN1 ,_, or_CC at_RR21 least_RR22 what_DDQ it_PPH1 views_VVZ as_II the_AT sloppy_JJ ,_, overly_RR liberal_JJ application_NN1 of_IO the_AT council_NN1 's_GE principles_NN2 ._. 
To_II these_DD2 Catholics_NN2 ,_, Vatican_NP1 II_MC was_VBDZ responsible_JJ for_IF destroying_VVG the_AT traditions_NN2 ,_, the_AT discipline_NN1 ,_, and_CC even_RR the_AT distinctive_JJ identity_NN1 of_IO the_AT church_NN1 ._. 
And_CC ,_, not_XX surprisingly_RR ,_, they_PPHS2 see_VV0 the_AT causes_NN2 and_CC possible_JJ solutions_NN2 to_II the_AT church_NN1 's_GE current_JJ challenges_NN2 in_II a_AT1 very_RG different_JJ way_NN1 from_II those_DD2 on_II the_AT other_JJ side_NN1 of_IO the_AT Vatican_NP1 II_MC divide_NN1 ._. 
Take_VV0 the_AT most_RGT dramatic_JJ challenge_NN1 ,_, the_AT still-festering_JJ wound_NN1 of_IO the_AT priest_NN1 sexual_JJ abuse_NN1 scandal_NN1 ._. 
With_IW an_AT1 overall_JJ cost_NN1 in_II legal_JJ fees_NN2 and_CC settlements_NN2 of_IO around_RG $1.5_NNU billion_NNO and_CC six_MC dioceses_NN2 in_II bankruptcy_NN1 ,_, the_AT scandal_NN1 has_VHZ eroded_VVN the_AT moral_JJ authority_NN1 of_IO the_AT clergy_NN2 and_CC continues_VVZ to_TO raise_VVI doubts_NN2 about_II the_AT ability_NN1 of_IO the_AT bishops_NN2 to_TO ferret_VVI out_RP offenders_NN2 and_CC prevent_VVI further_JJR abuse_NN1 ._. 
"_" The_AT toll_NN1 in_II financial_JJ and_CC social_JJ capital_NN1 is_VBZ enormous_JJ ,_, "_" says_VVZ Notre_NP1 Dame_NP1 historian_NN1 Scott_NP1 Appleby_NP1 ._. 
Progressives_NN2 tend_VV0 to_TO see_VVI the_AT problem_NN1 in_II31 terms_II32 of_II33 a_AT1 fundamental_JJ lack_NN1 of_IO realism_NN1 on_II41 the_II42 part_II43 of_II44 the_AT hierarchy_NN1 ,_, particularly_RR the_AT continued_JJ insistence_NN1 on_II a_AT1 celibate_JJ clergy_NN2 ._. 
Many_DA2 also_RR think_VV0 greater_JJR lay_JJ participation_NN1 in_II church_NN1 governance_NN1 would_VM help_VVI ._. 
One_MC1 recent_JJ poll_NN1 shows_VVZ that_CST some_DD 44_MC percent_NNU of_IO American_JJ Catholics_NN2 approve_VV0 of_IO the_AT idea_NN1 of_IO parishes_NN2 choosing_VVG their_APPGE own_DA priests_NN2 ._. 
And_CC some_DD Catholics_NN2 want_VV0 to_TO have_VHI a_AT1 say_NN1 in_II the_AT selection_NN1 of_IO bishops_NN2 ._. 
In_II the_AT view_NN1 of_IO Robert_NP1 Rowden_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 regional_JJ coordinator_NN1 of_IO the_AT lay_JJ activist_NN1 group_NN1 Voice_NN1 of_IO the_AT Faithful_JJ ,_, which_DDQ has_VHZ led_VVN the_AT fight_NN1 to_TO end_VVI the_AT coverup_NN1 of_IO abuse_NN1 in_II the_AT church_NN1 ,_, the_AT biggest_JJT disconnect_VV0 between_II Benedict_NP1 and_CC the_AT church_NN1 is_VBZ his_APPGE "_" failure_NN1 to_TO recognize_VVI the_AT full_JJ impact_NN1 of_IO clergy_NN2 sex_NN1 abuse_NN1 on_II the_AT victims_NN2 ._. "_" 
Some_DD would_VM call_VVI that_CST an_AT1 ungenerous_JJ judgment_NN1 ._. 
After_II all_DB ,_, even_RR as_CSA Cardinal_NNB Ratzinger_NP1 ,_, Benedict_NP1 approved_VVD the_AT U.S._NP1 bishops_NN2 '_GE plan_NN1 to_TO address_VVI the_AT abuse_NN1 scandal_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 plan_NN1 that_CST many_DA2 Vatican_NP1 officials_NN2 and_CC bishops_NN2 feared_VVN would_VM be_VBI so_RG aggressive_JJ that_CST its_APPGE costs_NN2 would_VM crush_VVI the_AT church_NN1 ._. 
Ratzinger_NP1 stood_VVD by_II the_AT U.S._NP1 bishops_NN2 ._. 
And_CC if_CS the_AT costs_NN2 have_VH0 proved_VVN staggering_JJ ,_, they_PPHS2 attest_VV0 to_II a_AT1 willingness_NN1 to_TO clear_VVI out_RP the_AT rot_NN1 and_CC make_VVI amends_NN2 ._. 
The_AT U.S._NP1 Conference_NN1 of_IO Catholic_JJ Bishops_NN2 '_GE Charter_NN1 for_IF the_AT Protection_NN1 of_IO Children_NN2 and_CC Young_JJ People_NN and_CC the_AT instruments_NN2 for_IF its_APPGE enforcement_NN1 ,_, including_II annual_JJ diocesan_JJ audits_NN2 ,_, have_VH0 even_RR caused_VVN some_DD American_JJ bishops_NN2 to_TO think_VVI that_CST they_PPHS2 have_VH0 gone_VVN too_RG far_RR ._. 
Bishop_NP1 Fabian_NP1 Bruskewitz_NP1 of_IO the_AT Diocese_NN1 of_IO Lincoln_NP1 ,_, Neb._NP1 ,_, sees_VVZ no_AT need_NN1 for_IF more_DAR than_CSN one_MC1 audit_NN1 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 am_VBM not_XX sure_RR how_RGQ effective_JJ it_PPH1 is_VBZ ,_, "_" says_VVZ the_AT bishop_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS can_VM boast_VVI of_IO no_AT new_JJ allegations_NN2 of_IO abuse_NN1 in_II his_APPGE diocese_NN1 during_II the_AT 16_MC years_NNT2 of_IO his_APPGE tenure_NN1 ._. 
"_" If_CS the_AT bishop_NN1 is_VBZ untrustworthy_JJ ,_, the_AT bishop_NN1 should_VM be_VBI dismissed_VVN ._. "_" 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ clear_JJ that_CST conservative_JJ Catholics_NN2 ,_, whether_CSW lay_JJ or_CC clergy_NN2 ,_, see_VV0 the_AT abuse_NN1 problem_NN1 more_RRR as_II an_AT1 outgrowth_NN1 of_IO the_AT permissiveness_NN1 that_CST was_VBDZ pervasive_JJ in_II America_NP1 in_II the_AT '60s_MC2 and_CC '70s_MC2 and_CC even_RR permeated_VVD the_AT church_NN1 ._. 
To_II them_PPHO2 ,_, the_AT spirit_NN1 of_IO Vatican_NP1 II_MC weakened_JJ discipline_NN1 within_II the_AT vocational_JJ ranks_NN2 and_CC allowed_VVD sexual_JJ and_CC moral_JJ license_NN1 to_TO flourish_VVI in_II seminaries_NN2 ,_, parishes_NN2 ,_, and_CC religious_JJ institutions_NN2 ._. 
They_PPHS2 believe_VV0 that_CST Benedict_NP1 's_GE clarity_NN1 on_II moral_JJ teaching_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE insistence_NN1 on_II more_RGR rigorous_JJ examination_NN1 of_IO candidates_NN2 for_IF religious_JJ vocations_NN2 ,_, including_II the_AT exclusion_NN1 of_IO those_DD2 with_IW even_RR homosexual_JJ leanings_NN2 ,_, address_VV0 the_AT real_JJ problem_NN1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 also_RR point_VV0 to_II a_AT1 new_JJ cadre_NN1 of_IO bishops_NN2 who_PNQS are_VBR generally_RR thought_VVN to_TO be_VBI stronger_JJR than_CSN John_NP1 Paul_NP1 II_MC 's_GE appointees_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB will_VM Benedict_NP1 's_GE insistence_NN1 on_II vocational_JJ fitness_NN1 address_NN1 the_AT crisis_NN1 of_IO declining_JJ numbers_NN2 of_IO priests_NN2 ,_, sisters_NN2 ,_, and_CC brothers_NN2 ?_? 
Even_RR before_II the_AT abuse_NN1 scandal_NN1 ,_, alarms_NN2 were_VBDR sounding_VVG over_II what_DDQ Appleby_NP1 calls_VVZ "_" the_AT dramatic_JJ demographics_NN2 in_II the_AT decline_NN1 of_IO ordained_JJ priests_NN2 and_CC the_AT cutting_NN1 in_II half_DB of_IO the_AT number_NN1 of_IO women_NN2 religious_JJ since_II 1960_MC ._. "_" 
As_II the_AT U.S._NP1 Catholic_JJ population_NN1 has_VHZ risen_VVN from_II about_RG 46_MC million_NNO in_II 1965_MC to_II about_RG 64_MC million_NNO in_II 2007_MC ,_, the_AT total_JJ number_NN1 of_IO priests_NN2 has_VHZ declined_VVN during_II the_AT same_DA time_NNT1 by_II some_DD 17,000_MC ,_, leaving_VVG 3,238_MC parishes_NN2 without_IW resident_JJ priests_NN2 ._. 
Again_RT ,_, the_AT progressive_JJ remedies_NN2 ,_, in_II31 addition_II32 to_II33 ordination_NN1 of_IO women_NN2 and_CC married_JJ men_NN2 ,_, focus_VV0 on_II greater_JJR lay_JJ involvement_NN1 in_II the_AT ministry-solutions_NN2 for_IF which_DDQ Benedict_NP1 appears_VVZ to_TO have_VHI little_DA1 or_CC no_AT regard_NN1 ._. 
Rowden_NN1 says_VVZ that_CST it_PPH1 is_VBZ clearly_RR symbolic_JJ that_CST Benedict_NP1 's_GE mass_JJ communion_NN1 at_II Yankee_NN1 Stadium_NN1 will_VM involve_VVI no_AT lay_JJ Eucharistic_JJ ministers_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 decision_NN1 that_CST suggests_VVZ a_AT1 further_RRR disconnect_VV0 with_IW the_AT church_NN1 in_II America_NP1 ._. 
But_CCB some_DD see_VV0 the_AT tide_NN1 beginning_VVG to_TO turn_VVI as_II the_AT church_NN1 recovers_VVZ its_APPGE distinctive_JJ identity_NN1 ._. 
Conservative_JJ Catholics_NN2 point_VV0 to_II the_AT impressive_JJ growth_NN1 of_IO traditionalist_NN1 ,_, habit-wearing_JJ orders_NN2 such_II21 as_II22 Nashville_NP1 's_GE Dominican_JJ Sisters_NN2 of_IO St._NP1 Cecilia_NP1 ._. 
Bishop_NP1 Bruskewitz_NP1 claims_VVZ that_CST his_APPGE and_CC his_APPGE predecessor_NN1 's_GE insistence_NN1 on_II orthodoxy_NN1 and_CC "_" a_AT1 clarity_NN1 of_IO ideas_NN2 ,_, "_" in_II31 addition_II32 to_II33 a_AT1 concern_NN1 for_IF fairness_NN1 and_CC justice_NN1 ,_, has_VHZ helped_VVN give_VVI the_AT Lincoln_NP1 Diocese_NN1 a_AT1 ratio_NN1 of_IO priests_NN2 (_( 153_MC )_) to_II parishioners_NN2 (_( 90,000_MC )_) that_CST would_VM be_VBI the_AT envy_NN1 of_IO many_DA2 dioceses_NN2 ._. 
So_RR traditional_JJ that_CST he_PPHS1 refuses_VVZ to_TO allow_VVI altar_NN1 girls_NN2 ,_, Bruskewitz_NP1 points_VVZ with_IW pride_NN1 to_II the_AT number_NN1 of_IO religious_JJ vocations_NN2 the_AT diocese_NN1 has_VHZ produced_VVN ,_, testimony_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 believes_VVZ ,_, to_II the_AT appeal_NN1 of_IO an_AT1 institution_NN1 that_CST knows_VVZ what_DDQ it_PPH1 is_VBZ and_CC what_DDQ it_PPH1 stands_VVZ for_IF ._. 
Many_DA2 Catholics_NN2 can_VM go_VVI along_II21 with_II22 that_DD1 view-to_NN1 varying_VVG degrees_NN2 ._. 
Washington_NP1 ,_, D.C._NP1 ,_, writer_NN1 and_CC editor_NN1 Charlotte_NP1 Hays_NP1 is_VBZ a_AT1 staunch_JJ conservative_NN1 who_PNQS hails_VVZ Benedict_NP1 for_IF emphasizing_VVG the_AT central_JJ importance_NN1 of_IO the_AT mass_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 parishioner_NN1 at_II St._NP1 Mary_NP1 ,_, Mother_NN1 of_IO God_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 church_NN1 in_II the_AT vanguard_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 movement_NN1 to_TO return_VVI to_II the_AT traditional_JJ Tridentine_JJ mass_NN1 ,_, Hays_NP1 says_VVZ it_PPH1 's_VBZ not_XX just_RR the_AT Latin_NN1 but_CCB other_JJ elements_NN2 ,_, such_II21 as_II22 the_AT priest_NN1 's_GE facing_VVG the_AT altar_NN1 ,_, that_DD1 help_NN1 restore_VVI a_AT1 sense_NN1 of_IO what_DDQ Catholics_NN2 call_VV0 "_" real_JJ presence_NN1 "_" to_II the_AT ceremony_NN1 ._. 
Sister_NNB Patricia_NP1 Wittberg_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 professor_NN1 of_IO sociology_NN1 at_II Indiana_NP1 University-Purdue_NP1 University-Indianapolis_NP1 ,_, casts_VVZ a_AT1 skeptical_JJ eye_NN1 on_II all_DB the_AT hard-and-fast_JJ liberal_JJ and_CC conservative_JJ positions_NN2 and_CC even_RR the_AT data_NN that_CST can_VM be_VBI used_VVN to_TO support_VVI them_PPHO2 ._. 
Acknowledging_VVG the_AT appeal_NN1 of_IO traditionalism_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 points_VVZ out_RP that_CST orders_NN2 like_II the_AT Nashville_NP1 Dominicans_NN2 draw_VV0 recruits_NN2 from_II national_JJ pools_NN2 in_II numbers_NN2 similar_JJ to_II what_DDQ they_PPHS2 used_VMK to_TO draw_VVI from_II their_APPGE localities_NN2 alone_RR ._. 
"_" Conservative_JJ Catholicism_NN1 is_VBZ more_RGR likely_JJ to_TO grow_VVI in_II this_DD1 country_NN1 than_CSN the_AT liberal_JJ version_NN1 ,_, "_" she_PPHS1 says_VVZ ,_, "_" but_CCB there_EX will_VM be_VBI a_AT1 limit_NN1 to_II how_RGQ much_RR &lsqb;_( the_AT whole_JJ church_NN1 &rsqb;_) will_VM grow_VVI if_CSW it_PPH1 's_VBZ only_RR a_AT1 conservative_JJ Catholicism_NN1 ._. 
There_EX should_VM be_VBI the_AT possibility_NN1 of_IO evolving_VVG several_DA2 different_JJ flavors_NN2 of_IO Catholicism_NN1 that_CST affirm_VV0 what_DDQ is_VBZ good_JJ and_CC central_JJ to_II each_DD1 flavor_NN1 ._. "_" 
At_II the_AT same_DA time_NNT1 ,_, she_PPHS1 says_VVZ ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ fine_JJ if_CS liberal_JJ Catholics_NN2 emphasize_VV0 social_JJ justice_NN1 and_CC antiwar_VV0 positions_NN2 ,_, but_CCB when_CS they_PPHS2 combine_VV0 that_CST with_IW the_AT radical_JJ individualism_NN1 of_IO the_AT larger_JJR American_JJ culture_NN1 ,_, "_" you_PPY ca_VM n't_XX get_VVI them_PPHO2 to_TO unify_VVI on_II anything_PN1 ,_, which_DDQ makes_VVZ them_PPHO2 sociologically_RR unstable_JJ ._. "_" 
