I have a feeling that anyone who disagrees with you and the others who have their hair on fire about Levada being chosen for the CDF fits the above category?
I don't think anyone here is defending Levada against anything but I do think people are saying that maybe B16 knows more than they do.
I think there's a whole lot of people on FR who are pissed off (btw, 'holier-than-thou' people probably wouldn't use that phrase) they are not in the position to appoint bishops to the posts they want run in the way they see fit. In other words, there are those who really are their own pope and who cannot be humble enough to accept that they might not know the best thing to do in a given situation or papal appointment.
A classic holier than thou phrase. Thanks. I'll add it to the watchlist.
Was it Luther who said 'everyone has a pope in their belly?' Probably accounts for his near terminal constipation.
Caught a talk of Fr. Corapi today on Faith. It was really good. First talk of his I ever heard was on humility. I don't think that early on this trek back to my Faith I understood what it means to be humble. I see more clearly now what it consists of, and I think Faith and humility are intimately linked.
I want to see P B-16 succeed beyond his wildest hopes and desires, and I think he's the type of man who can blot out the millions of popes in millions of bellies. I wish him only the best, and I'm not about to start second-guessing he who the Holy Spirit appointed. I've made up my mind, I'm not following any ragsheets on him. I can find out what I need to know via other sources. I'm not going to countenance propaganda.