Wow! Actually, last week at a conference I met a very pious and good priest who is truly devoted to Cdl O’Malley and thinks he’s very spiritual and is doing great things in Boston. I know a lot of people here don’t like him because he has closed churches - and I am opposed to that, too - but it seems that he must be doing something right. This priest, btw, is very traditionalist and has fought to keep his parish orthodox and to keep the physical layout of the church exactly as that of a Catholic church should be.
Wow.... A prelate that puts doctrine ahead of assets. This is rare among US Roman Catholic Hierarchy.
Roman Catholics in this state are the most consistently pro death, liberal Democrats of any left wingers of their demographic. The Catholic Dem’s hypocrisy is exceeded only by the elitist socialist dweebs who infest the university teaching ranks.
The sickest thing is that both groups have been co-opted by the evil Gay lobby, all in the name of diversity, of course and have joined together to force their twisted agendas on public school students.
I think that O’Malley is moving slowly and very cautiously. If you read the whole story, you will see how hard he was on these dimocrat politicians!
So THAT'S why I've seen a couple of people on FR who have a burr under their saddle about the Cardinal.
I have a very different perspective on the whole 'church closing' issue. When the Bishop tried to close St. Joseph's here in Worcester, many years ago, I at first felt sorry for the folks who worshipped there. Then, I drove by the place, which was looking a little the worse for wear, and within one block, passed another Catholic Church that was obviously recently remodeled. I frankly became appalled at the horrid way the Bishop was treated by people who probably hadn't darkened the door of St Joseph's in years because they'd moved out of that poor neighborhood to 'better' ones. And I'm sure they hadn't put one dime in the collection plate in order for the Pastor to keep the place up.
The reason I was so angry at those folks was because where I grew up, in a South Mississippi city about one third the size of Worcester, there were exactly THREE Catholic churches, not thirty or forty! My husband grew up in the MS Delta, where there were folks who had to drive 20 minutes EACH way to be able to get to Mass on Sundays, and here were folks complaining about having to go an extra block to Mass. From what some folks who grew up in Worcester told me, the Church being closed had been originally built by the French settlers in the area. The one a block down the street was built by the Irish. So these folks in Worcester were actively trashing the Bishop because they had to go to a Catholic Church down the block that wasn't built by 'their people'.
Give me a break! If the people attending the Church can't support the physical plant, then they shouldn't be surprised if the Bishop suggests that they merge with a different Parish, and they certainly shouldn't trash him for the decision. They should thank God that they actually have another Church, which, given Boston's Catholic heritage, is probably within a 10 minute car or T trip.
I’d let it slip last year that I’m Roman Catholic here at work to one of my co-workers; then last week I was angrily confronted by another who must have found out that I’m Roman Catholic who blathered on that the Roman Hierarchy needs to keep it’s nose out of American Politics, and then of course went of on the child molester angle. My “guess” is that it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better with this ‘08 election because I see more and more of the clergy and hierarchy no longer able to remain silent on the moral atrocities perpetrated by the Dems and their Commie allies. The backlash will be something to watch.
This is just reality. Dem leftists are downright evil, not just wrong, evil. For once a spiritual leader finally calls them for their iniquities and doesn’t care what the MSM thinks. Good for him.