Opus Dei exemplifies a dynamic of our ongoing catastrophe that no Catholic opinion shapers are willing to realize. Like on a merry-go-round, we revolve over and over again to the same points in the circle. Point one: prelate in Rome or major Catholic See scandalizes with his words or deeds. Point two: hue and cry is raised by those few Catholic pundits who still care about the Faith. Point three: same online tribunes, correctly and insofar as they understand the problem, demand action. Point four: conservative, controlled opposition engages in empty posturing.  This whole dynamic ought to make obvious to us that there is something we’re missing here; and that whatever we’re not getting is fundamental to the true nature of the problem; and that no one in the clergy, or online punditry can explain it. The failure to see the underlying cause leads to the failure to explain. Frustration turns to exasperation as the cycle repeats.