Cardinal George has been rather unwell recently, with bladder cancer. I'm wondering if the Four Last Things are ever more prominent in his thoughts.
I saw this article linked to the CWNews site in an unobtrustive place. Then, I found it again on the New Liturgical Movement where a thread of 20-odd comments was going on.
I have never seen a prominent Cardinal cleric who is considered more "middle of the road" than left or right come down so hard on what he has seen and what his Archdiocesan Committee's questions portend. I believe that Cardinal George has opened the door to a discussion that has been hidden for many, many years and it is time to take him up on it. To wit: have we become more Protestant than Catholic? The fact that he is ill with bladder cancer may have focused his mind in a way that something else could not.
I will surely pray for this courageous priest.
F