"Papa Benny" didn't give the interview Speciale describes, Cardinal Koch did. It was an interview, not a formal document, so obviously it wasn't reviewed by anybody in the Vatican. The actual interview is here. You'll note that Cardinal Koch uses the word ... get this ... "LUTHERANS". Ghastly!
This thread is a good example of why FReepers need to actually *read* *and* *understand* *primary* *sources* rather than going off half-cocked based on every ill-considered word from the pen of a journalist.
But, ultimately, if “Papa Benny” doesn’t correct Cd. Koch, he affirms the rhetoric.
I’ll retract my criticism* if and when Benny makes a statement -pro or con- of Cd. Koch.(* a form still protected under the same 1Amend that protects the faithful practice of both the RCs and Lutrins!)
As to the Chicago style of my earlier post...it goes without saying that [in Chicago] if “Dick” Daly didn’t know about it, he isn’t culpable. In this instance, is Cd. Koch a “loose cannon”?
:: rather than going off half-cocked ::
Have you been talking to my wife? [wink, wink]