Posted on 11/08/2009 5:33:28 PM PST by presidio9
Timothy Dolan came to town with a hammer in his hand. Of course, it wasn’t really much of hammer: just a little tappity-tap kind of thing, a tack hammer with a bright blue head, which he used it to rap on the door of St. Patrick’s Cathedral as part of the traditional ceremony for the installation of a new archbishop in New York.
That was back on April 15, the Wednesday before Easter. In the six months since, Archbishop Dolan has done hardly any public hammering — until now. On Oct. 29 he used the archdiocese’s website to publish a blistering attack on the repeated and knee-jerk anti-Catholicism of The New York Times.
Not that the attack was undeserved. At no point in its long history has the Times been what anyone would call a pro-Catholic institution, and if somebody needs to whacked upside the head to wake her up, it’s the Times’ columnist Maureen Dowd, whom Dolan singled out for the “intemperate and scurrilous” column she wrote on Sunday, Oct. 24.
The question for Dolan, of course, is why now? After all, Dowd has always done this. Once or twice a year, she uses her weekly column to indulge a wistful, oh-so-melancholy recollection of her childhood Catholicism — always for the purpose of concluding that, of course, she eventually had to grow up and put away such childish things, and, really,
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That little blue hammer wasn’t opening enough of the doors Dolan needs opened. The Irish in America have produced some charmers, but they’ve produced some brawlers as well. And the leader of New York’s has decided, after six months, to mix the two types a little bit. Which is surely what he’s supposed to do. This is America’s bishop, after all.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The gloves are off!
The gloves are off!
God bless Archbishop Dolan in his efforts. It’s not going to be easy — but he will make inroads.
I have seen him on Raymond Arroyo’s interviews and he is the best! I love this priest, just what a leader should be, go ahead, use a sledgehammer if you need to.
I’m not even Catholic, and I loved how he handled things here in Milwaukee. He certainly is one to watch.
BTW, thanks again for CC Sabathia.
(which was written by Weekly Standard’s Tim Bottum -for some reason the Post says he is an editor for the ultra liberal NY Magazine in the print edition)
According to the web site, this article was written by Joseph Bottum, who is the editor of First Things, definitely not an ultra liberal publication.
He was here in Milwaukee, what a great man he is. We miss him terribly. He regularly was on the local talk shows.
Your welcome.
LOL! Great priest!
Dolan is a good man.
Prayers en route for Archbishop Dolan to reconvert the city and fallen away Catholics.
Well, he's only been Archbishop of New York for a few months.
While he’s on the war path and the gloves are off, he should send an official diocesan observer over to Fordham to write up an evaluation on Catholic identity. Just an idea...It would make some good headlines.
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