[Grey Ghost II]

Andrew Greeley of all people.

[AAABEST]

The only thing worse than a lefty with an agenda, is a lefty with an agenda who also lacks intelligence. What perfect example of a perfectly useful idiot.

If it's ok with you, I think I'll post this on Angelqueen.

[Ann Archy]

Color me stupid, but I didn't understand one WHIT of what "Father" Greeley was saying. I think I KNOW what he thinks, but his writing wasn;t at all clear to me.....must be the novelist in him.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

The council was a revolutionary event that had a profound impact on Catholics who lived through it and indirectly on their children, who have barely heard about it. It's still the green dragon lurking in the Sistine Chapel even if the electors can't quite see it.

The model of unchanging Catholicism in response to the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution assumed that the church would not change, should not change, could not change. Suddenly the laity and lower clergy experienced changes in liturgy, in Scripture interpretation, in theories of religious liberty, in attitudes toward other Christians and Jews, in trust of the modern world. The structures -- patterns of behavior and supporting motivations -- that had supported the church for several centuries collapsed.

Say what you will about Greeley, at least he is an honest liberal.

[ninenot]

Must be Greeley. Has the same panting, grabbing, and slightly myopic style as do his sex novels.

Also a bit un-informed.