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Father Andrew Greeley, dead at 85.
Chicago Sun Times ^ | 5/30/2013 | Lynn Sweet

Posted on 05/30/2013 7:36:44 AM PDT by Borges

Chicago priest, best-selling author, noted sociologist and long-time Sun-Times columnist Father Andrew Greeley died on Wednesday night. He was 85.

He passed away at his apartment at the Hancock Center, according to June Rosner, Greeley's long-time spokesman.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: andrewgreeley; obituary; restinhell

1 posted on 05/30/2013 7:36:44 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

De mortuis...


2 posted on 05/30/2013 7:38:01 AM PDT by livius
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Chicago priest, best-selling author,(sic)

Correction: Chicago priest, best-selling soft core pornographer,

May Almighty God have mercy on your soul, Andrew.

3 posted on 05/30/2013 7:40:53 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
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To: Borges

Today is a day for good news!


4 posted on 05/30/2013 7:50:27 AM PDT by Lockbar (The guy that fires the last bullet gets to write the history books,)
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To: Borges

The era of the liberal is finished.


5 posted on 05/30/2013 7:53:36 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Borges

He betrayed his office as a priest, and made a ton of money writing evil books. He also let himself be used by the left wing press to distort and lie about what Catholics really believe.

Well, most of that was in the past. I hope that he repented in the end, and came back to God. RIP.


6 posted on 05/30/2013 7:53:58 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Borges
A colossally wasted life finally grinds to an end.

Tempus fugit. Memento mori.

I hope he had an opportunity to repent ...

7 posted on 05/30/2013 7:54:04 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Borges

CORRECTION:

“The era of the liberal is finished.”

The ERA of the LIBERAL priest is FINISHED.


8 posted on 05/30/2013 7:56:47 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: wideawake

In case you didn’t see.


9 posted on 05/30/2013 7:56:58 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

Lived in the Hancock Center where 500 square foot studios start at around $225,000.


10 posted on 05/30/2013 8:07:34 AM PDT by CreviceTool ( Bill Clinton: "Ted, tthis guy should have been getting our baggage, fetching our coffee,")
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To: Borges; Chigirl 26; flaglady47; hoosiermama; Bushbacker1; mickie; BillyBoy; oswegodeee; ...
Irish-American Fr. Greeley, 85, was one of the most prolific writers of his time, writing novels and non-fiction of all genres for just about any media one can think of.

He made millions through his literary output....which he donated to Catholic charities.

A professor of sociology, he was an arch-liberal in thought, deeds and public involvement.

He was born in 1928 in my home town of Oak Park, Illinois (suburb 20 miles west of Chicago).

In 2008 in Rosemont, Illinois, his clothing got caught in the door of a taxi, the taxi pulled away with him in tow. He suffered a severe brain injury.....and never published anything again.

11 posted on 05/30/2013 8:11:52 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Say Hey Trey!..........)
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To: Borges

Thanks for the heads up. I will pass this one over in silence.


12 posted on 05/30/2013 8:33:29 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: CreviceTool
Lived in the Hancock Center where 500 square foot studios start at around $225,000.

Sounds like Pittsburgh's late Communist "labor priest", Msgr. Charles Owen Rice. He tooled around town exclusively in high-end German luxury automobiles.


13 posted on 05/30/2013 8:35:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: MinuteGal

I was once told by a Catholic priest (in the 1980s) that Fr. Greeley never had an unpublished thought.


14 posted on 05/30/2013 9:23:50 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Borges

He is getting his wages.


15 posted on 05/30/2013 11:20:48 AM PDT by Tolkien (Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
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