[Oratam]

This article paints an even sadder picture of the situation in NY than I first believed in the immediate aftermath of Fr. Wylie's removal. I didn't like Dolan from the start and I recall, like Francis, he was hailed as a breath of fresh air by those who'd never step foot in a Catholic Church . . . and by that I refer to lapsed Catholics and the flaky no-judgment types of every religious stripe . . . and no stripe as well.

What drives these people? What motivates a Timmy Dolan? I suspect something like Flannery O'Connor's "Church of Christ without Christ" from Wise Blood. The Cross is indeed a scandal . . . many will not have it.

[Arthur McGowan]

What motivates people like Dolan, Wuerl, and O’Malley is that the Church has these positions of power and prestige, and a complex system of backslapping and backstabbing has developed by which men can claw their way into these positions. These are the men who clawed and oozed their way to the top. Dolan’s pathetically transparent attempts to ape Francis’s leftism make is perfectly clear what kind of man he is. He is willing to stomp on anyone (like Fr. Wylie) to earn brownie points with Francis.