The Te-Deum blog has a very good, very even-handed post on l’affair Corapi and most recent discussions on the case: For many people, Fr. John Corapi’s recent decision to abandon public ministry as a priest, and the title, “father”, has been painful. There have been many misunderstandings about certain facts, and not all of the facts known to date have circulated. Here are two interviews – one in video form and the other in audio form. What is refreshing about... Read more
My column at First Things this week completes the journey I began three weeks ago, and I have to say the timing of the whole thing seems oddly coincidental, to me. I’ve had the idea of discussing homosexuality and God, otherness, nature and nurture and calling and depth of longing and marriage for a while, but never felt like it was the right time to bring it up, and then — even though I wasn’t paying much attention to the... Read more
This is strange and wonderful: Have you ever dreamed of writing one of the Pope’s speeches? If you’re a fan of Vatican Insider, you might have thought once or twice, “I would have said this,” or “I would have said that.” Now, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is giving everyone a chance to step into the shoes of the papal ghostwriter and write a speech for Benedict XVI to give to the German Parliament during his visit to Germany next September.... Read more
I am not sure she actually reads more than summary reports on anything, and even if that’s true, I’m not sure she is able to comprehend sentences that do not conform to her worldview, still I am going to take a chance and send Maureen Dowd this piece on what critics and the press got wrong regarding the John Jay study on causality (pdf) and the sex abuse issue within the church. Dowd, you’ll recall, went full metal mental all... Read more
Over at The New Editor, Tom Elia has a a Michael Ramirez cartoon that depicts Obama dressed up in a super-hero costume, but unable to get out of the phone booth. “Captain Incompetence.” I dunno if he’s incompetent. He surely does do and say some very stupid things with nary a peep from the formerly gaffe-obsessed press, but then they only notice and hyperventilate over mistakes from the right. That’s old news. But going back to the question of “competence.”... Read more
I am in transit and attending a conference many miles away from home. And you know how much I hate traveling far from home, if the destination is not Rome. No guest blogger; I will try to keep you amused for the next few days, on my own! Don’t forget to check The SummaBlog for fast links, and the Catholic Portal Landing Page for all the latest columns and features! Read more
I love St. Aloysius and while in Rome was privileged to be able to pray at his tomb for my sons. A nice piece on him, in America In his single-minded pursuit of God, and especially his willingness to give up literal riches, Aloysius perfectly emblemizes a key meditation of the Spiritual Exercises called the “Two Standards.” In that meditation, St. Ignatius asks the retreatant to imagine being asked to serve under the banner, or “standard,” of one of two... Read more
Over at First Things, I felt compelled to continue unpacking my thoughts from last week, about homosexuality, nature/nurture, “necessary otherness” and what it all might mean. Larry Kramer called the gay community “exceptional,” and in doing so he opens the door to question what that means, whether it implies a giftedness that is planned, and meant for all of us. If that is so, our homosexual brothers and sisters deserve a full participation in our human adventure, right down to... Read more
+ + + + Heh ++++++++ Meanwhile, offered without comment because I have to pay attention to paying work, and because I’m getting a trifle bored. And the Wagner at the end was just so self-important and heavy-handed that, I’m sorry, I laughed. All I could think was “kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit!” I think I am done writing about John Corapi, unless something earthshaking comes up. I’ll keep praying for him, but I’m not giving... Read more
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