Catholic and Enjoying It!
“it wouldn’t be incorrect to direct the pope’s exhortation to some conservative Catholic blogs, YouTube channels and sites which, with some vehemence, criticize bishops, public officials and policies they consider not Catholic enough”.
Bad news for Joe Hargrave, who is currently on a tear about our disappointing Pope and his immoral and imprudent 25th Anniversary of Assisi meeting.
Me: I never saw the big problem with the first one and am not terribly surprised that Benedict didn’t either. The bizarre narrative that has been concocted over the past few years among arch-conservatives who see Benedict as rolling back the JPII legacy seems to me to be a complete fantasy. When Benedict fails to stay on script by doing things like this meeting, arch-conservatives react with shock and dismay–and then slide back into the fantasy that Benedict is here to deliver us from John Paul II. Very odd.
By the way, that’s not to say that the code of conduct should only apply to conservatives with the itch to play bishop and start excommunicating the Impure. As Dale Price points out, sites like the National Catholic Reporter have their own inquisitor wannabes and are chock full of sturm und drang about how awful the Pope and the Church is and how wrong it is about [insert pet sin or ideological obsession here].
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