At risk of sounding like a scratched disc: the crisis in which the Catholic Church is embroiled at present is global, protracted, and persistent. The institutional interests driving it are also deeply entrenched. What the response of the laity ought to be in our circumstances is difficult to discern. Ultimately, there will be as many responses as there are lay people in the Church. What is certain is that we all have a role to play.
Broadly and generally, some outline of appropriate response — individual and corporate — is available: the corporal and spiritual Works of Mercy.
