How is the Cardinal a ‘mushy modernist’? He’s always come across to me as a standard issue catholic. He hates contraception and covers up for paedophiles in the church.....
Sadly, that’s true. He’s unfortunately provided the model for a whole generation of such “Catholics” in the UK, although the good news is that he’s retiring and his rumored replacements are much more Catholic. There are some excellent, very orthodox clergy in the UK, and they are gaining the upper hand as the groovy generation dies out.
To tell the truth, I’m surprised that Cormac Murphy O’Connor is coming out and saying some marginally Catholic things now, since he’s retiring and certainly had many opportunities over the years to make these statements, which he did not seize, shall we say.