[bdeaner]

I started reading "The Many Faces of Cardinal Bernardin." The problem with the paper is that it is HORRIBLY written. Terribly organized. Who taught this person composition? My goodness. I find it to be very difficult to follow. I'll give it another try, but this is painful.

I now understand also that Bernardin was the originator of the "seamless garment" argument that has been referenced a lot surrounding the Obama invitation at Notre Dame. Here is a speech the Cardinal gave on the "seamless garment" concept:

A Consistent Ethic of Life: Continuing the Dialogue

[bronxville]

bdeaner, Along with “seamless garment”, look up Cardinal Bernadine - “consistent ethic”, “COMMON GROUND”, St. John the anti-Semitic Evangelist, Many Faces of AIDS, Call to Action, etc., projects in the Church. He appointed incapable proteges like Archbishops Thomas Kelly, and John Quinn, Weakland, Gumbleton, Untener and others. All Bishops in the US had to be approved by him.

Bernadine created his own kind of church, one based on – in the words of Malachi Martin (RIP) – “’dialog’ rather than obedience to the will of God.”

The Bernardin Legacy will continue to fester in the body of the Church until the surgeons – that is, his brother bishops – cut it away which is why many of us in the laity were so excited that a little over 80 Bishops spoke out sternly against ND. There’s a residue of Bernadin’s proteges left - can’t wait until they retire.