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E.J. Dionne -- The best choice for pope? A nun
CMR ^ | February 16, 2013 | Patrick Archbold

Posted on 02/16/2013 3:56:06 PM PST by NYer

The media silly season prior to a conclave may have just reached its peak.

The media has been giving all kinds of silly advice to the cardinal-electors and the future pontiff, but E.J. Dionne's idiocy takes the cake.

In giving up the papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was brave and bold. He did the unexpected for the good of the Catholic Church. And when it selects a new pope next month, the College of Cardinals should be equally brave and bold. It is time to elect a nun as the next pontiff.
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A sister as pope could also resolve what might seem a contradiction in Catholic theology. More than Protestants, Catholics are profoundly devoted to the Virgin Mary — and few were as devoted as the late Pope John Paul II, who declared that Mary “sustains the spiritual life of us all, and encourages us, even in suffering, to have faith and hope.” A church for which the Blessed Mother plays such an important role should certainly be comfortable with female leadership.

While support for a stronger role for women in the church tends to be a “liberal” cause, many faithful conservatives also cite the work of nuns as reinforcing their devotion to the church — from the sisters who educated them in parish schools to the work of Mother Teresa’s religious order.
To even critique the writing of (e)EJ(it) is to give it more credibility than it deserves. It is infantile in the extreme.

That this is what passes for legitimate commentary is a paper such as the WaPo is all the evidence one would need to secure an indictment of irrelevancy.


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: looneyleft
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1 posted on 02/16/2013 3:56:12 PM PST by NYer
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Alzheimer’s.


2 posted on 02/16/2013 3:57:27 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Now Playing. Obama II - The Revenge of My Father.)
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3 posted on 02/16/2013 3:57:41 PM PST by NYer ("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." --Jeremiah 1:5)
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GTH E.J. Dionne.
His piece is blasphemy.


4 posted on 02/16/2013 4:00:28 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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A Mullah?


5 posted on 02/16/2013 4:01:35 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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??

What a moron, Reading a little of this tells me he knows nothing about any of it


6 posted on 02/16/2013 4:03:57 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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The idiot Dionne has gone over the edge.....again.


7 posted on 02/16/2013 4:04:40 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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I had it explained to me and this is pretty much what is in the Catechism - when the priest is performing his office, he is not the priest, a man, he is Christ. Two examples are the Consecration when the priest repeats the words of Christ at the last supper. The other is in confession when the priest says Te Absolvo. He is speaking as Christ. The other example is the substance of the Eucharist - bread and wine. It can’t be milk and cookies. It has to be bread and wine. The essence of the male - Christ’s body and blood. Makes perfect sense to me. And my words to those who don’t like it? Go find someone else to play church with and to pretend you’re close to God.


8 posted on 02/16/2013 4:05:37 PM PST by Mercat (Never laugh at live dragons)
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And the commenters over there are as crazy as a whole carload of bedbugs.

None of them are making much sense, but the one thing that's clear is that they hate the Catholic Church. Yelling "child molester" at the top of their lungs with glee, never mind the facts, about that or anything else.

wait . . . FR posters do that too.

9 posted on 02/16/2013 4:05:56 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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Sure thing, EJ
10 posted on 02/16/2013 4:07:02 PM PST by mkmensinger
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The best choice for replacing E. J. Dionne — a rational, thinking human being. God knows, he’s nothing more than a chimpanzee.


11 posted on 02/16/2013 4:11:28 PM PST by WashingtonSource
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I know! I know! Perez Hilton!
12 posted on 02/16/2013 4:13:53 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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Just going to ignore the article ‘cause as it’s utter crap as are all this guy’s ramblings.

Anyway...my guess it’ll be Scola of Milan or the Canadian Ouellet.


13 posted on 02/16/2013 4:13:59 PM PST by SMCC1
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Once I saw the name I knew it was worthless drivel.
14 posted on 02/16/2013 4:15:16 PM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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Yo Mamma ain’t no Papa


15 posted on 02/16/2013 4:16:57 PM PST by polkajello
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I knew that some lefty would say this. But figured it would be an MSNBC commie. Dionne is just a liberal Catholic.

I guess we see what his real religion is.


16 posted on 02/16/2013 4:21:27 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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As a serious Lutheran I do not accept the basis of the claim for papal authority. However, E. J. Dionne - who ought not be allowed by his editorial superiors even to undertake such an article - proposes what is sheer nonsense on any number of levels. The amount of thought he devoted to the article could be contained in a very, very small container. He is simply pandering to ill-thought out leftist sensibilities. As such it is shameful and insulting to any thinking Catholic, and thinking Catholics far, far outnumber the thinking Dionne’s of this world. So, for whatever it’s worth, my Catholic neighbors, you ought to be offended by such tripe. I am.


17 posted on 02/16/2013 4:21:48 PM PST by Belteshazzar (We are not justified by our works but by faith - De Jacob et vita beata 2 +Ambrose of Milan)
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Honestly, he is just deranged and delusional.

Thank God the Holy Spirit is leading Christ’s Church and not this lost soul.


18 posted on 02/16/2013 4:23:07 PM PST by Jvette
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Alzheimer’s.

Advanced syphilis.

19 posted on 02/16/2013 4:24:17 PM PST by Gay State Conservative ("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
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She has to be a Cardinal.


20 posted on 02/16/2013 4:24:17 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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