Certainly would be harmless. You could read a few more of my posts on his activity up here.
To be fair, he's been in all the right places--Schoenstatt, the Pro-Life dinners, etc. But there's the old saw about 'actions speaking louder than words.'
Along with some others up here (and NONE of us are SSPX-types) I think that Abp. Dolan should pull off a couple of ceremonial executions--you know, sending a not-really-Catholic parish priest from their fat/wealthy suburban parishes to some post in the hinterlands--it's a message.
So far, the only 'messages' have been delivered at the Seminary, and they are decidedly mixed. Same with the Catholic newspaper; he's retained McBrien's column and will no longer print letters from certain members of the laity...
Fortitudo non est in eo.
Dolan hedged on not ordaining homosexuals...I'm not so sure about him. Conservative veneer ... milketoast core...he'll probably win.
So, invite him to a little get together with the TTGC ...
"...from their fat/wealthy suburban parishes to some post in the hinterlands--"
What about the poor folks in the hinterlands? Just skip the "ceremonial" part.
"Fortitudo non est in eo."
(Fortitudo non est in illis.) could be said of almost all of our bishops. He fits right in with the crowd.
Fortitudo non est in eo.
I'm glad to see that you have come to an objective conclusion after the honeymoon period has worn off. Those of us who said that he was already a failure the moment he put on the "cheesehead mitre" for his inaugural Mass might have been jumping to conclusions, it's true, but in the long run appearances were not deceiving, and you can't "make heads roll" while you're wearing a large cheese on your head.