Bishops & the laity.

Thank you to Timothy Schilling for stating the obvious: "Yet I suspect most bishops don't have a clue what it is like to live as a Catholic layman" ("Rome Journal," May 6). Sad but true. What is to be done? Without this knowledge, how can the bishops construct a meaningful vision for what it means to be a Catholic layperson?

JACK FAHRENBACH

Lebanon, Ind.

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Title Annotation:	Letters
Author:	Fahrenbach, Jack
Publication:	Commonweal
Article Type:	Letter to the Editor
Date:	Jun 3, 2005
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