The next schism is already here
I especially liked this statement of Zagano's:
Because they never did or at least no longer do find space in legitimate media, the self-appointed pontiffs build internet and other social media followings for their unfiltered personal attacks on anyone who strays beyond the boundaries of the church of their imaginings.
As if her rag has ever been legitimate media. Between Zagano and M.S. Winters, they're starting their own religion.
The National “Catholic” Distorter is my daily penance. Bad as Winters and Zagano and Jamie Manson and Joan Chittester and the rest are, the readers who post responses are worse. Today they are rationalizing abortion on demand because woman knows best.
The next schism isn’t down the road somewhere. It is already here. The proponents are lined up in a serious face-off, their team shirts emblazoned “Pre-Vatican II” and “Post-Vatican II.”
The “Pre” folks are the all Latin, all the time minority, solemnly preferring Bach during liturgy. The “Post” people comprise the rest of us, dutifully singing St. Louis Jesuits’ songs and even (gasp!) exchanging handshakes at the kiss of peace.
Meanwhile, older church professionals who adjusted to vernacular liturgies and who incorporate mercy into their understandings of justice are retiring daily. They are being replaced, where they are replaced, by people whose theological education is complemented by self-appointed Internet theo-bloggers whose opinions grow from the conviction that anything that happened since 1965 is anathema.
Disgraceful!
The next schism isn’t down the road somewhere. It is already here. The proponents are lined up in a serious face-off, their team shirts emblazoned “Pre-Vatican II” and “Post-Vatican II.”
The “Pre” folks are the all Latin, all the time minority, solemnly preferring Bach during liturgy. The “Post” people comprise the rest of us, dutifully singing St. Louis Jesuits’ songs and even (gasp!) exchanging handshakes at the kiss of peace.
Meanwhile, older church professionals who adjusted to vernacular liturgies and who incorporate mercy into their understandings of justice are retiring daily. They are being replaced, where they are replaced, by people whose theological education is complemented by self-appointed Internet theo-bloggers whose opinions grow from the conviction that anything that happened since 1965 is anathema.
Disgraceful!